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[Akiva Blum]

> [mailto:avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org] On Behalf Of Zev Sero
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 12:59 AM
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 

See Sanhedrin 71a. Hagohos haBach learns that it is instrinsically impossible.


Akiva