[Avodah] The plot against the Nasi

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 10:22:25AM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
: Micha Berger wrote:
:> As I said, it's when it gets "to the extent that one implies it
:> compromised the search for an objective halakhah" that the idea just
:> doesn't sit comfortably with me. There is a difference between citing
:> "Acheirim" or "Yeish Omerim" and not citing the opinion at all.

: Klallei hapsak depend on knowing who said what, so excising the name 
: does affect the halachic conclusion.

Why? The kelal could be made about "yeish omerim" as much as about R'
Noson. And if stam mishnah keR' Meir, do I even need "R' Meir omer" or
"Acheirim omerim" to apply the kelal? I still find it weird that we're
told "yeish omerim" means R' Noson, but y"o isn't found in the Mishnah
or Tosefta altogether. (Given I didn't make an error in my Bar Ilan
searches for the phrase and the acronym.) What, they started giving him
a kinui centuries after the attempted rebellion?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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