[Avodah] Brisk and the Ran

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Micha Berger asked:

> The Ran ... explains:
>   vehai lav issur gavra hu KEKHOL LO SA"ASEI SHEBATORAH
>
> If the Ran holds that every issur is an issur gavra, can a
> Brisker honestly use the gavra-cheftza chiluq to describe his
> shitah or any machloqes he is in?

Are you sure that the Ran really means every single last one, without any
exceptions at all? Maybe he is just stating a general rule?

What's to stop a Brisker from invoking the gavra-cheftza chiluq, and then
responding to your objection with "Well, this is an exception to the
general rule given by that Ran."

Akiva Miller
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