[Avodah] Halacha is about sources. Lo BaShamayim hi.

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 06:02:16PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: I'd like to cite a story in support of the above, namely, how the
: Baalei Masora took their three most reliable Sifrei Torah and compared
: them. Where any differences were found, they followed whatever was
: found in the majority of the three. When they were done, their newly
: reconstructed kosher Sefer Torah automatically invalidated all three of
: the others.

Had it recently in daf. Ymi Taanis 4:2, vilna 20b.

    Three sefarim were found in the azarah: Seifer Me'oni, Seifer Zatuti,
    and Seifer Hi.

    In one [Me'oni] they found written "ma'on E-lokei Qodesh" and in two
    it was written "me'onah E-lokei qedem" (Devarim 33:27). They established
    [what was in two] and were mevatel one.

    In one [Za'atuti] they found written "vayishlach es ta'atutei BY" and
    in two it was written "vayishlach es na'arei BY" (Shemos 24:5). They
    established [what was in two] and were mevatel one.

    In one [Hi] they found "hi" [as opposed to hiw hei-vav-alef] 9
    times, and in two it was written "hi" 11 times. They established
    [what was in two] and were mevatel one.

So our current mesoretic text doesn't match any of the sefarim they
found in the azarah upon the return from Bavel.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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