[Avodah] taamei ha mitzvot...what is there mesorah??

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:37:31AM -0700, Harvey Benton wrote:
: How are we (mere humans) to come up with the Taamei Hamitzvot unless
: there is a valid mesorah as to such???

In general, things are pretty loose with aggadita. We have halakhos that
confine exploration in the sense that some answers will cause others to
consider your wine non-kosher and the other halachic reprecussions of
apiqursus, meenus and kefirah. But beyond that... there are no rules of
"pesaq" WRT aggadita.

: HB (eg, dont argue with rishonim??)

Again, enlarging the question to aggadita in general: We do all the time.
No rishon mentions the Ari's Qabbalah. None speaks of hashgachah peratis
on events that do not impact people. Etc, etc, etc...

Anything that explains and adds meaning to the mitzvos (including chovos
halvavos, as per above) would apparently be valid.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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