[Avodah] Who Said It First

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:39:39PM +1100, Meir Rabi wrote:
: This type of discussion (at least the parts of it that I have glimpsed) and
: its tone does not do much to edify Yiddishkeit or dignify it.

: Is our religion and our loyalty to HKBH built upon stories that are not part
: of our Torah tradition but upon traditions that we have substituted with a
: look-alike sound-alike system? And which can be conveniently reshaped and
: interpreted as required? Or perhaps our loyalty is really to something else
: other than HKBH?

I think the point RRW is trying to make us realize is how much halakhah
evolved since Chazal. IMHO, this isn't fealty to something other than HQBH;
it's why He gave us a legal system rather than a fixed set of laws.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha