[Avodah] Shmini Atzeret in a Sukkah

[Harry Weiss]

>> From: "kennethgmiller at juno.com" <kennethgmiller at juno.com>
>> 
>> Is it possible that the word "V'hilchasa" in the above-quoted gemara is a 
>> recent addition?
>> 
>> Is it possible that Chazal DID NOT actually come to any definitive 
>> conclusion about what to do on Shmini Ateres? If the word "v'hilchasa" was 
>> not originally part of the gemara, and "maysav yasvinan, bruchi lo 
>> m'varchinan" was merely another suggestion on how to deal with this 
>> situation, then I can easily understand why the poskim raise issues like 
>> Bal Tosif and Hekker.
>> 
>> Does anyone know if this idea was ever suggested by someone other than me? 
>> That is to say, by someone who actually knows some Torah?
>>
  If you listen to this shiur
  http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/719895
  towards the end Rabbi Shechter brings down a Rav Kolonimus from the 12th
  century saying that this was added by the Gaonim.
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Harry J. Weiss
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