[Avodah] Lying to protect the simple of faith

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:50:09 -0400
"Richard Wolpoe" <rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Yitzhak Grossman <celejar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 4 May 2008 19:24:01 -0400
> > Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 02:03:45AM -0400, Michael Makovi wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > : 1a) Rather, then, Rambam is saying that no deliberate additions were
> > > : made after Moshe...
> > >
> > > Or even semantic accidental changes. Cheseiros and yeseiros, or
> > variations
> > > in the spelling of "petzua daka", may change the kashrus of a seifer,
> > > but unless you have a beis din ready to derashin a din from that pasuq,
> > > they won't make a stitch of difference.
> >
> > Minhas Hinuch (#613) tries to argue your claim, that we assume accuracy
> > even with regard to haseros ve'yeseros as long as they are semantically
> > significant, but he runs into trouble with the word 'totafos', since
> > according to Rashi, the Gemara's D'rashah of the four Parshiyos of
> > Tefillin is based on the plene spelling of the word in Parshas Ve'haya
> > Im, whereas we have it deficient.
> >
> > > Tir'u baTov!
> > > -Micha
> >
> > Yitzhak
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> >
> 
> I've been told that Rashi had 6-7 spelling differences in his version of
> Torah from our version of the Torah. One that comes to mind is in my Sidra -
> viz.Chanichav.

Two more: Bereishis 25:6 (according to the simple reading, although
Sifsei Hachamim cites an alternate interpretation) and Shemos 25:22.
Rav Akiva Eiger (Gilyon Ha'Shas Shabbos 55b) cites these two, along
with many other examples of divergences between our texts and
Talmudic / Rishonic ones.

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Yitzhak
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