[Avodah] Psak in Machshava
joelirich at xcomcast.net
joelirich at xcomcast.net
Thu Jan 3 17:49:19 PST 2013
I think we've discussed the general issue of psak in machshava (or at
least in the ikkarim). For some reason (and I apologize if we've covered
this already) it just hit me that the gemara in Eruvin 13b specifically
uses what IIUC is the language of psak in a case of machshava (unless
there is a halachic implication to whether we would have been better
off created or not)
תלמוד בבלי מסכת עירובין דף יג עמוד ב
תנו רבנן: שתי שנים ומחצה נחלקו בית שמאי ובית הלל, הללו אומרים: נוח לו
לאדם שלא נברא יותר משנברא, והללו אומרים: נוח לו לאדם שנברא יותר משלא
נברא. נמנו וגמרו: נוח לו לאדם שלא נברא יותר משנברא, עכשיו שנברא - יפשפש
במעשיו. ואמרי לה: ימשמש במעשיו.
[For two and a half years Beith Shammai and Beith Hillel argued. These
[Beith Shammai] said "It is better for man not to have been created than
to have been created." And those [Beith Hillel] said "It is better for
man to have been created." Together, they [reviewed the opinions and]
reached a consensus: It is better for man to have not been created than
to have been created.
tr. R Shaya Karlinsky
-micha]
Any thoughts?
KT
Joel RIch
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