[Avodah] Two kinds of humros

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 04:44:23PM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
: Micha Berger wrote:
: >We were once called Perushim because of how Chazal kept us separated
: >from issurim. So perhaps the way to understand dinim derabbanan is to
: >look at perishus.

: This doesn't help with respect to shniyos ba'arayos.  They don't 
: restrict marriage in any way; they restrict only the choice of whom to 
: marry.

My comparison was to the taxonomy in Mesilas Yesharim ch 14.

I was just suggesting that gezeiros and dinim derabbanan also come in
three flavors, depending on whether they keep us away from what HQBH is
telling us is wrong, whether they prevent violations by procedurally
distancing ourselves from the act (gezeiros), or whether they place
us in the proper society.

I'm not sure it works. But it's an intriguing parallel.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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