[Avodah] The 13 middos

[Marty Bluke]

The Gemara in Shavuos (4b) discusses who the Tanna of the Mishna is and
brings down a fundamental machlokes tannaim about the 13 middos. R'
Yishmael darshens klal uprat and R' Akiva darshens ribuy umiut. The
Acharonim point out that these are mutually exclusive and every Tanna
darshens one or the other but they cannot be mixed (e.g. a Tanna sometimes
darshens ribuy umiut and sometimes klal uprat). The question is how can
something so fundamental as the 13 middos be a matter of dispute? Weren't
the 13 middos given to Moshe at Har Sinai? How could they forget such a
basic thing? It is very difficult to say that both are right (e.g. elu
v'elu) because they are mutually exclusive and come to different
conclusions.
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