[Avodah] Eilu v'eilu

[Kenneth Miller via Avodah]

R' Joel Rich asked:

> Question: If one doesn’t view eilu v’eilu as multiple truths
> but rather one truth and one nice try (but we don’t know which
> is which), ...

You've lost me. Doesn't the grammar and definition of the words "eilu v'eilu" imply that the two things under discussion are equal? I just can't wrap my brain around a way to translate "eilu v'eilu" where one is truth and the other isn't.

Akiva Miller

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