On Nov 21, 2007 5:20 PM, Micha Berger <<a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Yaaqov avinu to justify the claim "vetaryag<br>mitzvos shamarti". - MI</blockquote><div><br></div></div>So how did Ya'akov avinu keep 613 mitzvos when it is impossible for any individual to keep all 613 anyway?
<br><br>As Zev Sero pointed out "vo'eso eschem" that if a PASSUK cannto be taken literally it must betaken matephorically - isn't it as Kal Vachomer that an Aggedic passage that cannot be taken literally should be taken metaphorically? Why would we take an Aggadah LITERALLY over a Passuk?
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