[Avodah] omer - Rihal

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 04:56:11PM -0400, zviLampel at theJnet.com wrote:
: It would seem that the mysterious character behind this event is
: propounded by the Talmud Yerushalmi on Pesachim (6:1) itself: Said Rebbi
: Avoon, Isn't it impossible for two cycles of seven years to pass by
: without the 14th falling out on a Shabbos? Why was the halacha hidden
: from them?--To attribute greatness to Hillel!

: Evidently, Erev-Pesach did fall out on Shabbos several times in Hillel's
: near past, yet Hashem somehow caused the practice regarding the korbon
: to be forgotten.--Unless one is willing to accept that Rebbi Avoon was
: unaware of the historical reality suggested above.

I read R' Avun as objecting to the metzi'us. Can you believe it, "vehalo
i efshar lishnei shevi'is sheyachol 14 lihyos beShabbos"! And why did
HQBH hide our ability to keep the halakhah from us -- "velama nis'almah
halakhah mehein"? So that we would be compelled to elect a Nasi, an
alternative to the Tzeduqi Priest-King, and wrest back control --
"litein gedulah leHillel".

The distinction between your take and mine is whether we're speaking of
knowledge of the halakhah being nis'almah (as you assume) or the ability
to keep the halakhah was.

Similarly the line before R' Avun, "kesheim shenis'alma zu, nis'alma zu".
It makes the entire discussion about dinim that were unenforcable while
the Tzeduqim were in control of the BHMQ.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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