[Avodah] lo plog

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In Avodah Digest, Vol 26, Issue 171 dated 8/19/2009  "Rich, Joel"  
<JRich at sibson.com>
writes:




More generally in some cases we say X is different than  Y and so the 
prohibition of Y does not apply and in other cases we say lo plog  [--RET]

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>>  imho this is a specific case of a more general question - is the 
halachic  process reproducible? <<

KT
Joel Rich
 
>>>>
The answer is no, not absolutely reproducible, because  the continuum of 
possibilities is often fuzzy rather than yes/no (as I just  wrote about the Lo 
Plug question).  Consider this (admittedly inexact)  metaphor:  You could 
compare the halachic process to the game of  chess. Given the rules of chess, 
will every game between two world chess masters  end exactly the same way?  
Will the configuration of pieces on a chess  board be exactly the same 
after every game?  Of course not.  Some  configurations, of course, will never 
occur because the rules of chess preclude  them.  But within the constraints 
allowed by the rules, there are many  possible configurations of the end 
game.  Still, there are definite  constraints on what is and what is not 
possible.
 
 
 
--Toby  Katz
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