[Avodah] Who Said It First

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Micha:
> 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.

Correct. Please add to that - that our interpretations and understandings
have evolved - sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.

And so there is a bit of "Asni'el ben K'naz" here trying to restore
atares torah l'yoshnah AT LEAST on the havannah level.

IOW it's OK for us to continue having the youngest to chant Mah Nishtaneh
but let's not mis-understand the mishnah as a result!

We see that virtually everyone tends to interpret old texts based upon
current realia. At times we can fall into mis-interpretations.

Example from another list

Q: if g'lilah is most important aliya, why give it to a child?

A: What rishonim meant by g'lilah is what WE call hagbah. IOW the
terminology morphed! [See MB who explains this clearly]. So our g'lilah
is really the assistant to the real gollel who is the magbiah...

One of my missions is to clarify this so we don't fall into the "mayyim
shelanu = unzerer vasser" syndrome - which is a mis-understanding
documented by Shas.

KT
RRW
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