[Avodah] Halachic Texts: More Background

[David Riceman]

Richard Wolpoe wrote:
> Illustration: Rambam says t'eh bidvar Msihna includes Mishna, Gmara etc.
> RY Karao adds one word "posqim"  Be'er agolah cites Rambam as his 
> sources but -
> What changed?
>
> Answer:  about 350 years of posqim!  In the Rambam's time few were 
> publsihed.
>
> So if the Rambam goes back to the Gmara it is different than if WE do 
> it no matter HOW MUCH oa throwback it is.
This is just not true.  The Rambam is rejecting the Geonim and the Rif 
and his students (e.g. the Ri MiGash) as necessary precedents.  At least 
in the east (e.g. Bavel) that was a scandalous opinion.

David Riceman