[Avodah] shelo asani isha

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:36:11AM +0100, Chana Luntz wrote:
:> RZL and I already posted what the author of the berakhah and baalei
:> mesorah since have said was the point of the berakhah, so I'm
:> wondering why this line of reasoning based on the berakhah addressing
:> something else still continues.

: Well for one thing it involves poskening various machlokus rishonim that
: one might otherwise not want to get involved in.

Also in that thread, I tried to be more clear about the difference between
/the/ reason and other valid reasons. We can discuss what else we can
accomplish with that berakhah and whether or not that's sufficient grounds
to justify the berakhah on its own. But we started out with an aggadic
question -- what does the berakhah mean? Well, we know its *primary*
meaning. It could take on other meanings; and in fact I would argue that
no good idea ends up becoming din if it weren't rich enough to do so.

: That is, if you adopt the position above, and the current order of
: the brochos, then you are assuming that an eved has fewer mitzvos than
: (or at least the same number as) a woman.

No, I am assuming R' Yehudah, who wrote the currently used triad of
berakhos, set it up because /he/ holds that way.

Which, I realize, requires a discussion in light of my position on legal
evolution being more important than original intent. I am not feeling
/that/ patient right now for a question no one actually may be bothered
by. But beqitzur, see above: Halakhah is a legal process, but aggadita?
Taamei hamitzvos?

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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