[Avodah] Standing For Qri'at Shma`

[Gershon Dubin]

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:40:07 -0600 (CDT) jay at m5.chicago.il.us (Jay F
Shachter) writes:

<<why was it so important to avoid the appearance that someone was 
 following Beit Shammai, if only as a xumra?  My sense is that it was for
fear
that people would take on the xumrot>>

While your question is a valid one, your answer, besides having no
support
other than "your sense", is insufficient to answer the question.  In
fact, the position
that the chachamim having rachmonus on the people is a basis for their
rulings, is
attributed in the Gemara to Tzedokim.

Gershon
gershon.dubin at juno.com
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