[Avodah] ancient minhagim

[Zev Sero]

T613K at aol.com wrote:  
> From: Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org <mailto:micha at aishdas.org>

>> OTOH, I think the Rambam would agree with most applications of gavra vs
>> cheftza, if he heard RCB present it. The reduction of the Rambam's art
>> to a science.

> You remind me of Moshe Rabeinu not knowing what Rabbi Akiva was talking 
> about, and R' Akiva saying it's halacha leMoshe miSinai!  The story 
> implies that whatever Chazal were later to deduce was already implicit 
> in the Torah that Moshe received.

I think you've got the story confused.  IIRC there's nothing to indicate
that MR didn't recognise the halacha that was quoted in his name.  He was
worried that with RA deducing halachot through methods of drash that he
had not explored and couldn't follow, his own role had been forgotten; he
was reassured when he saw that he was still being quoted, and that there
were halachot that even RA couldn't prove but had to rely on MR's word.

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