[Avodah] ukimtahs

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

<<The question is when the Gemara offers these ukimtas does the Gemara
really
think that this is what the Tanna meant? >>

Rav Michal Avraham has a lengthy article (in Hebrew) justifying uktimtot.
If anyone wants the article let me know (eliturkel at gmail.com)

His basic argument is based on a physics analogy. Any standard physics book
will present Newton's law of motion. However, in practice this law never
holds, there is friction, gravity and a host of other complications. A
physicist would answer an ukimta - when does Newton's law hold in a vacuum
where the gravitational forces are negligible etc. One could then argue
that is a very far fetched ukimta.

The answer is that Newton's law is a basic physical law (ignoring Einstein
for now) . However, to apply it in practice one has to combine it with
other physical laws like gravity, friction etc.

The gemara is trying to do the same. The gemara is trying to set up some
circumstance where no other laws affect the issue. This requires a far
fetched ukimta to eliminate everything not pertinent. Of course in a
practical case one would have to combine this basic law together with other
laws to see the total effect just as one does in physics/engineering


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Eli Turkel
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