[Avodah] lo tasur

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 01:42:51PM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote:
:> A cheirem is based on kavod harav, not lo sasur. A rav has the power to
:> tell the kehillah to shun anyone who berates him, or who is in siruv.

: R. Elchanan Wasserman holds that Lo Tasur applies to the bet din hagadol
: before the churban AND to anything accepted by all of Israel.
: Hence, he holds that Lo Tasur applies to gezerot in the Mishna and Gemara
: but not to an later authorities

Again, there is no indication that gezeiros or taqanos can be made
without a Sanhedrin. "Lo sasur" usually refers to a difference in
*pesaq* not someone overturning earlier legislation.

I don't see, therefore, how your response shows that Rabbeinu Gershom's
charamim are in the category of dinim derabaanan. The Rambam and REW's
position could very well be only about pesaqim that were accepted by all
of Israel.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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