[Avodah] Kohen Gadol

[Zev Sero]

Daniel Israel wrote:

> The opinion in the Gemara regarding the ben sorer umoreh appears to 
> be making an onological claim, namely, that it is intrinsically 
> impossible for such a case to happen.  (As I recall there is 
> another man d'amar that claims that he actually witnessed such a 
> case.)

There's nothing inherently impossible about the requirements being
fulfilled, and the gemara doesn't claim that they can't be, just
that they're extremely unlikely -- just like this case.

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