[Avodah] Tu B'Shevat - Pri Eitz Hadar . yemach shmo on a Jew

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:01:10AM -0500, M Cohen wrote:
: Tu BiShvat seder controversy
: Rabbi Yoel Lieberman
...
: Rav Ya'akov Emden zt"l disqualifies the book Chemdat Hayamim as being
: written by Nathan of Gaza. ...                        However, Rav Moshe
: Tzuriel Shlita wrote a long article on the subject and showed eighty "Gedolei
: Yisrael" who either praised the book or quoted from it. Rabbi Chaim Palagi,
: (1788-1868, Izmir ,Turkey) for example, gave great acclaim to the book. 

I don't see this as a contradiction. It could well be that a meshumad
happened not to write anything we disagree with when he authored one
particular book.

This would also explain why the minhag (as well as that of saying LeDavid
in Ellul and 10 Yemei Teshuvah) has such legs. Regardless of the source,
the content makes sense to gedolei harabbanim who know real, kosher,
qabbalah.

(That said, I'm not making a seder this evening.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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