[Avodah] sevara vs. psak

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:16:21PM -0400, I wrote:
: BTW, in that other thread you mentioned the assumption that Rav and
: Shemuel lived in different cities. Perhaps it was that each school
: centered on a different topic - Rav focused Sura's curriculum on
: issurim, and Shemu'el had Neharda'ah center on mamunus. It would be
: interesting to track if that distinction carries through to his talmidim
: to which amoraim you find in Neziqin vs other sidrei Shas, etc...

Nevermind, this probably wouldn't work.

When Rav was niftar, Sura temporarily closed down and for a while Nehardea
was the only yeshiva open. R' Huna, Rav's talmid muvhaq, became a student
of Shemuel (who survived Rav by about 7 years). It wasn't until Shemuel's
death that Sura reopened under R' Huna.

My point being, R' Huna ends up being a talmid of both, and even if Rav
had an emphasis on issurin, it's quite likely not to show up in Sura in
the long turn.

So, I retract this question, it's likely an invitation to a wild goose
chase.

R' Huna is the one who objects to R' Yirmiyah bar Aba following Shemuel
in a case of a velad born deformed (lo aleinu; perhaps RYbA was thinking
of Shemuel's medical knowledge) After noting that RYbA's attempt to be
machmir will be a qula WRT dam tahor, R' Huna concludes, "... deqayma lan,
hilkhisa keRav be'isurei, bein lequla, bein lechumera" (Niddah 24b)

While he doesn't mention the rule WRT Shemuel and mamunus, at least not
there, perhaps it is sufficiently implied in R' Hunah's limitation by
"be'issurei" to conclude that the rule in question was first stated by
their mutual talmid, who could easily compare their knowledge.

-Micha

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