[Avodah] tosefta incorporations??

[Harvey Benton]

From: Zev Sero <zev at sero.name>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:24 AM
> On 22/06/2012 11:54 AM, Harvey Benton wrote:
>> why were some beraitos available and incorporated into the gemmarra, while
>> others were incorporated into the toseftas ???

> You're mixing categories. Your question is like "why were some words
> of Thomas Jefferson incorporated into the 'The Thomas Jefferson Reader',
> while others were incorporated into 'Supreme Court Decisions 1851-1900'?

are you saying that some beraitot were not available either because
of time (later/earlier) or distance (ey or bavel) to ravina and rav ashi??

or are you saying there is absolutely no cross-over between the two?? --
do we ever pasken from a berata from a tosefta over a gemmarra??

hb