[Avodah] Haqdamah to MB

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

I find he says 4 reasons:
1 [starts with "ach"] The SA w/o Tur is a sefer Hasum
2 [sibba sh'niyya] Rabbu hadei'os in SA
3 [od ra'issis v'hisbonanti] the Ba'er Heitev was out-of-date
  (obsolescent)
4 [zos od v'acheres] People have to look hither, thither, and yon amongst
   numerous acharonim

One might say that #3 viz. giving more sheetos conflicts with #4
I.e. settling the issue.

If one's goal is to have a clear-cut answer, then a KItzur SA Chayei
Adam approach is best

If one's goal is to have a menu from which to select, then a Beis Yosef
survey approach is best.

I would think posqim would prefer the latter

And I would guess the average baal habayyis or student might prefer
the former

ZP
RRW
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