[Avodah] two fictional sects

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

Sometimes we have a situation where a person makes a very general statement, a comment about the general approach of Tosfos across all of Shas Bavli. Several people seem to have made comments like that in this thread.

I'm wondering if these comments are based merely on a survey of the Tosfoses which appear in our printed gemaras, or if it also includes other collections, of other Tosfoses.

Let's remember that Tosfos was not a specific person, or even a specific group of people who edited their comments together. My understanding is that the Tosfoses which appear in our printed gemaras were hand-picked by the printers and publishers of the gemaras.

What I'm suggesting is this: If one notices a general trend among *all* the Rishonim of Ashkenaz areas, *including* those Tosfoses which are not part of the standard gemaras, then this trend would seem to be an important point that Bnei Ashkenaz should pay heed to. But if one notices a trend, merely among the Tosfoses which appear in our gemaras, that might signify nothing more than the whims of the publishers.

Akiva Miller

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