[Avodah] tosefta incorporations??

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:55:41AM -0700, Harvey Benton wrote:
: 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??

Rav Ashi and Ravina (order intentionally swapped) weren't out to collect
beraisos to produce a snapshot of halakhah pesuqah. (Unlike Rebbe and
R' Chiya in the Mishnah and Tosefta, respectively.) They quote those
lower-case-m mishnayos that furthered the discussion. There was no
attempt to be canonical, so there is no reason to explain exclusion.

:-)BBii!
-Micha