[Avodah] dinosaurs

[Ilana Sober Elzufon]

RMB: Usually eilu va'eilu isn't about a question of truth, but of law.

And what we are discussing here is the trickiest case - a machloket about
the halachot of what is considered kefirah. The boundaries of what is
acceptable (even if incorrect) belief, vs. what is heresy are not
unanimously agreed upon. So does elu v'elu break down in this area of
halacha? ANY machloket about what is or isn't kefirah raises this question.

Even in straight halacha - does elu v'elu (in the sense that both are true
on a deeper level, but only one can actually be accepted as practice) apply
to every single machloket? Up to what point? The gemara? The rishonim?
Nowadays? Or are there some opinions that are just not true at all? The
posek made a mistake - and perhaps eventually realizes this himself and
retracts his opinion. Would we say elu v'elu before the retraction, but not
after? Or would we say that this is beyond the bounds of elu v'elu?

- Ilana
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