[Avodah] What Gezeyra is not a Seyag?

[Zvi Lampel]

>
> The invaluable Yad Peshuta commentary on Mishneh Torah (available on
> AlHaTorah.org) by Rav Nachum Rabinowitz, zt"l, helped me with my problem.
>


> Gezeyra is a general term for a rabbinical prohibition. A Gezeyra that is
> a precaution against inadvertantly trespassing a Torah prohibition is a
> Siyag kind of Gezeyra. An example is the rabbinical prohibition against
> cooking milk together with poultry, on the grounds that people confuse
> poultry with meat. Another example is the prohibition against doing
> business on Shabbos, on the grounds that habit would lead one to transgress
> the Torah prohibition against writing. These are called Gezeyros that are
> Siyagim, and if their practice spread throughout Jewry, no Beis Din can
> permanantly revoke them.
>


> However, there are also rabbinical prohibitions that are not precautions
> against transgressing Torah prohibitions, but strategies to enhance Torah
> life, or to prevent denigrating it. They are like Takanos, but in the form
> of a prohibition. An example is the decree against preparing things on
> Shabbos for Yom Tov, or vice versa. These Gezeyros are not called Siyagim,
> and they are technically revokable by a Beis Din that is greater than the
> prohibiting one b'chochma u'b'minyan, even if their practice spread
> throughout Jewry.
>

Zvi Lampel
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