[Avodah] Seeing G'zeiros Everywhere

[Arie Folger]

I would just like to point out to R'nCL and all those who wonder what
RRW is harping on about, that RRW is quite obviously intentionally
misusing the term gezeirah, as he himself stated. He is not
investigating the creation of mitzvot derabbanan, but investigating
whether any legislation binding on at least some people can be created
nowadays lemigdar milta.

Yes, R'nCL addressed that by protesting that this gets us into humpty
dumpty (or whatever his name, I think for Alice in Wonderland, right?)
territory, of using words as pleases us, rather than following
convention. Thus, she disagrees with the use of the term gezeirah.
However, since RRW has explicitly stated and repeatedly made clear
that he is interested in the question of binding legislation lemigdar
milta, we can forgive the use of the term gezeirah and look beyond
that to the very interesting question he is dealing with.

>From my perspective, I see this as a most interesting question
nowadays, when outside of Europe and of 'hassidishe communities (and
also of KAJ and Elisabeth), there are no qehilloth. (nu, there m,ay be
another few exceptions, but the US and Israel have few qehillot). How
do you define the group on whom edicts are binding? Can such edicts be
introduced from a back door? Can they, over time, spread and become
real worldwide minhaggim that are very close to actual gezeiros?

I admit that those are ineresting questions.

Kol tuv & good week,
-- 
Arie Folger,
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