<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">When conflicting
medrashic/Talmudic statements describe the same event, (with or without direct
immediate halachic implications – like which fruit Adam ate in Gan Eden, or was
their ever a ir hanidachas/ben sorer u’more) how/why should we believe the
chachamim on other issues?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">It has been mentioned (Joseph
Pearlman/Kolel Iyun Hadaf Yerushalayim in the name of the Chazon Ish) that if
the original <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1238448732_0">sefer Torah</span> that Moshe received was found it would be discarded if
it differed from the versions we currently have today.<span style=""> </span>Assume for the moment that this is true, what
theoretically would be the implications for the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1238448732_1">Bais</span> Shlish vis a vis the
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1238448732_2">Menorah</span> and/or the lettering on the Tzitz of the <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1238448732_3">Kohen</span> Gadol?<span style=""> </span>In the absence of the originals say we were
to construct a menorah in say Year 1 of the Geulah, <span style=""> </span>with a certain shape (say straight-arms), and
then 40 years later the original Menorah turned up; would we still hold by
straight-armed one that we had constructed, or would we have to admit our (historical)
error and either re-construct a new menorah (with curved arms), or use the
original Menorah that had been found (also with curved arms). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Similar scenarious could apply
to Rashi/ Rabeinu Tam/Shmushei Raba and/or Raivad Tefillins etc?<span style=""> </span>Do we Care what either: what Hashem told
Moshe or <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1238448732_4">Bnei Yisrael</span> to wear? Or do we ignore historical facts, despite the
fact that either Moshe Rabeinu himself could tell us (techiyas Hameisim) or
Eliyahu Hanavi (or someone else) could reveal to us the exact and necessary
order of the parshios.<span style=""> </span>Simila reasoning
could apply to the chilazon fish/techeiles, other scenarios, etc. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">All the best from galus <span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">L</span></span></p></td></tr></table>