[Avodah] Ta'am of eating matzah

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

>
> Which has nothing to do with our discussion, which as I wrote (three
> times now) our disagreement is limited to the problem of ta'am hamitzvah.
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha
> --


One of my yekke friends inthe heights used to go ballistic ANY time I gave a
ta'am hamitzva at the Shabbos table, EVEN when I protested I was only
quoting sefer Hachinuch.  It is as if the Ta'amei Hamitzvot are on the
slippery slope of  obviating observance once the ta'am goes away

Totafos bein einekha will have common meaning because
> people have their eyes before their brains, so that tefillin shel rosh
> naturally gets associated with sight and thought.


And the same Ta'am works for Tzadukkim too- eyes and brains jsut lower down
the "totem pole"

But the os is a straw man anyway. Who ever said people EVER understood
ta'amim the way WE do.

Bottom line, the Hiinuch favors Ramban over Rambam re: the Ta'am of the
isur  Bassar Echalav [with apologies to R. Akiva] but archaeology seems to
support Rambam. To me that is HILGHLY informative and REAL Torah.

and the Hinush is completely puzzled about se'or and devash until he FINDS a
meaning. But as we know in the course of  "*Man's Seach for Meaning *" [with
apologies to Viktro Frank] such  rationalziations MIGHT nob be l' amito shel
davar.  And if archaeology explains the ta'am as part of of HKBH's OWN
edeclaration IN SEFEAR VAIKRAH  of kma'aseh eretz Mitrayyim lo sa'su, why do
I need to whip a dead horse [Eight Belles?] and stick to a reason that USED
to have significance way back when?

Obviously some people feel a need to re-introduce Te'cheiles even thought
dozens of generations had an OS without it.  Nu?!



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Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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