[Avodah] Discovered text

[Zev Sero]

On 9/3/22 03:56, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote:
> How do those who propound the theory that texts recently discovered were 
> kept out of the main stream by god’s will, understand why did he allow 
> us to find them now? As a test or as a hint that now is the time to 
> incorporate them or something else?

It seems to me that if one holds there is some magic date at which 
halacha is frozen, then it would make sense that Hashem would suppress 
those texts that He didn't want us to follow before that date, and then 
release them later because Torah Hi Velilmod Ani Tzarich.  We need to 
know what these chachamim taught, but they shouldn't influence our 
practice, so once we froze our practice it was safe to release them.

Of course that is only if one actually accepts this whole premise.


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