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[Rich, Joel]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
>>> Why do we say Baruch She'amar? Because it was on a piece of paper 
>>> that fell from heaven.
>>
>> A piece of paper that fell from heaven. I'm not even sure how to 
>> respond to that. I don't think we get our liturgy from pieces of 
>> paper that fall from heaven.
>
> Except that that is *exactly* how we got Baruch She'amar.  I'm not 
> sure how to respond to someone who openly says they don't believe that.
> See Taz OC 51:1

See http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14392&st=&pgnum=61&hilite=
(ot samech at the foot of the page).
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R' Simon,
Do you think he had a mesorah of what was stated in the footnote, or is it a libi omer li based on a general hashkafic approach?
KT
Joel Rich
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