[Avodah] Amora Differing with Tanna

[Marty Bluke]

Rav Elchanan Wasserman in Kovetz Shiurim (Bava Basra 633) quotes the
following in the name of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik

This question I asked my teacher R*’ Chaim Brisker and* he answered, “That
in truth an Amora has the power to disagree with a Tanna. This that we
regularly find the Talmud rejecting the views of an Amora by simply showing
that a Tanna rejects it – that is because as a general rule an Amora did
not disagree with a Tanna. So if the Amora only knew the view of the Tanna
we assume he would not disagree with it. However where we see that an Amora
explicitly disagrees with a Tanna it is possible that the final halacha is
in agreement with the Amora.”

This would seem to be based on the Kesef Mishna.

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 6:19 PM Zvi Lampel <zvilampel at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 3:12 AM Marty Bluke <marty.bluke at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The Kesef Mishna there gives a much simpler answer. He says that even
>> though technically they could argue they felt that they were on a lower
>> level and therefore agreed not to argue on the Tannaim.
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> How then did the Amora Rebbi Yochanan argue with the Tanna Rebbi Oshiya?
> That was the question.
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> BTW, whereas the Kessef Mishna proposes the Amoraim agreed not to argue on
> the Tannaim, he does not say it's because they felt they were on a lower
> level. That's the Chazon Ish's proposal.
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> Zvi Lampel
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