[Avodah] Ten tribes

[Zev Sero]

On 30/06/2011 9:31 AM, Danny Schoemann wrote:
> Two nights ago, when we studied the first daf of Chulin the magid
> shiur showed us the first Mordechai on the Masechet. He quotes one of
> the Rabbonim of the ten tribes.

It's the first Tosfos as well.  The quote is from the sefer "Hilchos
Alef Yud", which is often assumed to stand for "Eretz Yisrael", but in
fact stands for "Amar Yehoshua".  It was a book known to the rishonim
which was attributed to the famous Eldad Hadani, and purported to be
halachot transmitted directly by Yehoshua in Moshe's name, which were
known in Eldad's country.  Eldad, of course, was a fraud, and so was
this sefer, whether he authored it or not.  All the rishonim quote this
purported halacha from this sefer, and all dismiss it without the
slightest thought, because it contradicts a clear gemara.  None of them
even try to resolve the problem, as they surely would had they regarded
the sefer as a reliable source.

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