[Avodah] consistency?

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 09:51:52AM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Tosfot (munachot 11a S"V vrabbi shimon explains that when the gemara
: says rabbi shimon doesn't doresh et here it really just means for the
: drasha suggested by the gemara (to me implying he would use it for
: something else; tosfot is forced into this because elsewhere we see R'
: shimon does doresh etim).  Question- I find no other place in shas where
: R' Shimon has a limud from this et, how do you understand this seeming
: omission?

Since we have very few remaining derashos compared to the total occurances
of the word "es" in chumash, why is this ommission notable?

I'm a little surprised, though. Darshening "es" and other "extra" words
was one of the known ways Rashbi differed from his rebbe, R' Aqiva.
In that way he defected to R' Yishma'el's "diberah Torah belashon
benei adam" school -- kelal uperat, not ribui umi'ut with its "es"
lerabos. (Another was his use of taamei hamitzvos in pesaq; something
that links him in style to the Zohar...)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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