[Avodah] hutra vs dechuya

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:47:54 +0200
Shlomo Pick <picksh at mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:

> Halevie that all this was simple.  
> Re: shevus bamikdash, see tosofot eiruvin 103a s.v. hah, that a shevus gadol
> is assur.  See also shoel umeishiv mahadurah mahadura kamah, vol II, no.
> 146, that a shavus that is assur be"etzem is assur in mikdash.  Cf. rambam
> korban pesach 1:16 and avnei nezer, o.h. vol.w, no. 118:6.

As you note, the principle does indeed have many exceptions; certain
shevusin, as you mention, may not be included, and there are numerous
situations in which the principle may not apply.  See the Encyclopedia
Talmudis entry for the principle for a good summary.

Yitzhak
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