[Avodah] B'Din Heseiba L'Ikuva

[Harry Maryles]

"kennethgmiller at juno.com" <kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:     R' Harry Maryles wrote:
> One might ask, what is the rationale for why the D'Rabbanan
> of Maror negates the D'Oraisa of Matzah? Tosephos in
> Zevachim (78A) explains that it is based on the Halachic
> concept of Bitul Taam. This means that something that
> cannot be tasted is considered non existent.

RHM goes on to mention how much more powerful the taste of maror is, and renders the taste of matza nonexistent by comparison.

But I was under the imprassion that the rationale had something to do with mixing D'Oraisa and D'Rabanan (which, from a D'Oraisa perspective, is similar to mixing Chiyuv and Reshus), and that evidence for this can be drawn from the halacha that one IS yotzay the mitzva of matzah even if he eats it together with marror, *provided* that the marror is of a d'Oraisa nature, i.e., together with the Korban Pesach.  
   
  Am I totally off-base, or am I citing a different opinion?

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You are not off base and that is basically the approach if the Meiri that I mentioned - whose understanding is the rationale is used for both R. Shlomo HaKohen's Kula and RYBS's rejection of that Kula.
   
  The Meiri holds that we are required to demonstrate our reverence for the Mitzvah by not allowing its taste to become affected by anything of lesser Halachic importance. That relates to the hierarchy of Mitzvos D'Oraisos to D'Rabbanans, which RYBS takes a step further. A D'Rabbanan of lesser importance is a Reshus compared to a D'Oraisa. Thus Maror D'Rabbanan is a Reshus that is Me'akev the D'Oriasa of Matzah.
   
  RYBS adds that the D'Rabbanan of eating Matzah with Heseibah (if one has already eaten Matzah w/o Heseibah) is a Reshus compared to the greater level D'Rabbanan of eating Maror which has not yet been fulfilled at all (if one skips it and goes straight to Korech as suggested by R'Sholmo HaKohen). Eating Matzah a second time  (B'Heseibah) is therefore MeAkev the Ikkar Din of Achilas Maror when eaten together at Korech.
   
  HM


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