<div dir="ltr">I understand it as a decision that turned out to be wrong. Whether they could have or should have known better I don't think is indicated in these sources.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Ben Waxman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben1456@zahav.net.il">ben1456@zahav.net.il</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">When these sources say that Rav Akiva and khachamim erred, do they mean that should have known better, they made a decision which turned out to be wrong but there was no way that they could have known, something else entirely?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ben</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><b>From:</b> <a title="beck072@gmail.com" href="mailto:beck072@gmail.com" target="_blank">Doron Beckerman</a> </div>
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<div>Who says that he erred?</div>
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<div>Some of the prominent people:</div></div>
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<div class="im">1) Meiri, Beis Habechira, intro to Avos s.v. Velu Hem Hanikraim<br>2) Abarbanel, Yeshuos Meshicho 2:4<br></div>3) etc</div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div>