[Avodah] omer - Rihal

[Arie Folger]

Reb zviLampel at thejnet.com wrote:
> I would love to accept
> this peshat, as it would defend the Ohr
> Someach’s taking this episode as a source for the
> Rambam’s principle regarding overturning previous
> drashos. But the Gemara's wording would
> be a very circuitous way of expressing the thought
> proposed

Not necessarily. Rabbi Avun remarked a difficulty, without telling us what was 
fact and what logic, without even telling us if he knew the details or if it 
was supplied in the  beit hamidrash, and then proceeded with a  very brief 
answer. The wording you suggest is just not common in the talmudim.

But, admittedly, it ain't obvious.
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Arie Folger
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