[Avodah] The Scope of the "7 Mitzvos d'Rabbanan"

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Rich Wolpoe asked:

> 2 what are the parameters for inclusion?

I don't know. I suppose each one who makes up a list has his own rules, just like the various lists of the 613 d'Oraisas.

In the back of the Eshkol edition of Sefer Hachinuch, the suggestion is made that these seven are either brachos themselves, or they are mitzvos on which we say "asher kid'shanu b'mitzvosav v'tzivanu" despite them being unrelated to any d'Oraisa. That's why all the issurim are omitted from the list. (I wonder if that also explains why Krias Hatorah is omitted - maybe it is related to Hakhel?)

> 3 How do we  realistically treat derabbanans outside this pale?

Again, I suggest taking your cue from the d'Oraisas. There are a good number of d'Oraisas which appear on one list but not another, and we do not treat them differently at all.

Akiva Miller


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