[Avodah] Dating the Zohar

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:05:41AM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> I just noticed that the reference to the Amoraim is in capitals, i.e.
> the translator's interpolation.  So the entire premise of the post
> collapses.  There is no problem to be resolved.  Move along, nothing
> to see here.

The rabbanim in question are criticized for invoking "chasurei mechasera
vehachi ketani" (CMVHK), which /might/ be usable before we had Rebbe's
standardized text (or even Rabbi Aqiva's initial work), it's bedochaq.

However, the previous paragraph, Tzav 29, refers to "tannaim va'amoraim",
so the unnamed rabbanim here who "pasqin lon bekhamah pesaqos" (30) and
"kemah de'iqemhuha zeh chaser min hamishnah (31) are most plausibly
the amoraim who came after "HAmishnah" (hei hayedi'ah emphasized for
a reason) and who are recorded invoking CMVHK on that compilation.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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