[Avodah] [Areivim] Halacha of speeding/Jewish ethics curriculum development help

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 09:55:39AM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Yes, but the problem (at least in my limited mind), is when we try
: to look back to a time period that was more based on "sounds right"
: and deduce what algorithm they used...

What algorithm is implied by the subseq of the data already rule upon. As
is you say in your reisha, they didn't actually use one.

:                                  My observation is that our attempts
: (throughout the generations) have been yielding less than 100% accuracy
: and we then use a fudge factor...

Where do you see this?

What I see is that the system becomes ever simpler and more rigid,
as more dinim transition from the looser "sounds right" to rules. I
would want you to produce evidence that the algorithm doesn't actually
describe halakhah pesuqah as it exists nor then use that to produce a
new pesaq still within the range of valid machloqes.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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