[Avodah] two fictional sects

[Zev Sero]

On 18/04/2012 5:44 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
>> I am not.  See Rashi, who explains "dilma gazru" in the second person,
>> >  clearly showing that it is part of the quote.
> What do you mean you aren't? Is "hizhiru beminhag avoseikhem" Aramaic,
> or is "deziminin degazeru..." Hebrew?
>
> And while I can't tell which Rashi you're referring to, I don't see any
> of the 3 Rashi's on Abayei's quote as referring to the recipients of the
> letter in particular. The letter itself gives no motive, the "zimnin
> degazru" isn't "dezimnin degazru", and all Rashi does is describe the
> possible gezeira -- that the people wouldn't be allowed to learn, and
> the calendar algorithm would be forgotten.

Rashi d"h "degazri hamachus gezeira".  Rashi explains what sort of gezeira
is meant, and how it could lead to problems with the calendar.  And he does
so *in the second person*.  This clearly shows that these words are part of
the letter, not commentary on it.   As for the language, Hebrew and Aramaic
are often used interchangeably within the same sentence in the gemara.

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