[Avodah] Davening Sefer Korbanos

[Zev Sero]

On 13/03/2011 9:57 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:37:35AM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
>> Akimas sefosov havei maaseh.  When it's possible to bring korbonos, this
>> is obviously insufficient, but when we have no choice, this will have to
>> do.
>
> I fail to see how this relates to the Ramban. According to the Ramban,
> the only point of qorbanos is to do an action beyond speech. Dibbur
> is already covered by vidui. How does it suffice for anything? Why not
> argue that qorban, when impossible, is simply that -- impossible?

Because it's possible to do *something*.  It's possible to do a maaseh
of sorts; it's not a substitute for a real maaseh if that's possible,
but if it isn't then at least it scrapes in on a technicality.


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