[Avodah] achronim and rishonim

[Eli Turkel]

<<But all that is unneeded. There is no strict demarcation line, just
like there is no strict line between Tannaim and Amoraim, with Rav
tanna upalig, R' 'Hiyya and R' Oshaya, etc. Why should the Rishonim
fare better than the Tannaim and have a strict line that "protects"
them from the A'haronim? And I didn't even get to the sources that
state that given true greatness, one can calmly disagree with Rishonim
and even Geonim. Just the Talmud is a solid line. I believe R' Moshe
says so, I didn't see it inside, but heard it a few months ago from R'
Hershel Schachter.>>

I believe that RHS in one of his seforim quotes R. Moshe Sloveitchik as
claiming that R. Karo was a rishon while the Ramah was an achron
(sorry I didnt understand it)
What is clear is that not only is there no sharp demarcation between
rishonim and achronim (what is the Radvaz? or Abarbanel?)
but that it varies from country to country.
The Maharil is an achron while his contemporaries in Spain or North
Africa are rishonim

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Eli Turkel