[Avodah] maaseh avot siman lebanim

[Toby Katz via Avodah]

In a message dated 11/25/2015 3:29:21 P.M. EST, saulguberman at gmail.com writes:
> From: Toby  Katz at <t613k at aol.com>
>> There is a way to decide between these alternatives. Look for earlier 
>> sources or commentators -- earlier than the 21st century. We moderns can 
>> speculate but can't really make up our own meforshim based on nothing but
>> our own intuition. You need sources, precedents.

> I guess you don't read much of Rav Yoel Bin Nun & Rav Elchanan  Samet.  
> Where does chidush come into play?  Is that not one of the  main goals of 
> learning, that separate the talmud chacham from the rest?  

You can only base chiddushim on /something/ not on /nothing./  If you  want 
to make Chushim into a bad guy instead of a good guy, you have to have some 
kind of a source.

--Toby Katz
t613k at aol.com