[Avodah] Old style Hallel

[Arie Folger]

R'Gilad Field wrote:
> In addition if you look up the source of the Ramabam , which according to
> the Magid Mishnah is Midrash Tehillim, there Rebbi Yehoshua ben Levi is
> basically saying he never looks in Aggadic sources, but he did this one
> time -- and he regrets it! (the Or Samayach points out that the Yershalmi
> in the beginning of the 16th perek in shabbos, and others point out the
> 16th perek of maseches sofrim) which stregthens the question as to why
> Rambam included this mnemonic.

Agav ur'hei, that statement of R'Yehoshu'a ben Levi is difficult and
needs to be contrasted with other pronouncements of his. See teshuvot
haRadvaz 4:232, where he says that R' Yehoshu'ah BL was not against
Aggadeta, but against 'Eyn Ya'aqov type of aggadic compilations,
according to Radvaz because RYBL feared people would learn the
aggadeta kifshuta, and not with its depth. Thus, RYBL felt it was
actually prohibited to transmit aggadeta in writing, its
permissibility only came later.
-- 
Arie Folger,
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