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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Micha Berger <A href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</A><BR><BR>>>...That's
R' Elazar on Pesachim 87b, using the lashon "Lo hiflah HQBH es<BR>Yisrael levein
ha'umos ela kedei sheyosifu lahem geirim."<BR><BR>And yet we know there are
other reasons, such as our needing an<BR>onesh.<BR><BR>Why does R"E use such
absolute language? <<<BR><BR>Tir'u baTov!<BR>-Micha</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>"Lo asah X eleh kedei she Y" or "eleh mipnei she Y" is a very common
formulation in old Hebrew -- there are dozens of examples in Rashi on the
Chumash, generally quoting Chazal -- and is just the way the language
works. It is not meant to be understood literally as "this is
absolutely the one and only reason why." It's just an
expression.</DIV>
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<DIV><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B>--------------------</FONT></DIV>
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