[Avodah] on following mesorah

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

RET
> One case was tefillin of Rabbenu Tam. There is no evidence that he based
> himself on some existing pair of tefillin. Rather Rabbenu Tam came to
> that conclusion on the order of the parshiyot based on his learning

FWIW
I don't know how RT got his sheeta. But neither he nor Rashi were the
first to champion their sheetos.

IOW the dispute (IIRC) preceded them in Gaonic literature

Disclaimer: I don't know whether or not RT consulted any of the
antecedent literature.

KT
RRW
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