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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How is then that Rav did not recognize that Shmuel
was greater in certain areas and the opposite?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jmeisner@gmail.com href="mailto:jmeisner@gmail.com">Joshua
Meisner</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#888888><BR></FONT> </DIV><BR>I
was shown that the Rosh (BK 4:4) says the opposite of what I suggested,
namely, that the Chachmei HaGemara paskened like Shmuel b'dinei and like Rav
b'issurei because they recognized that these areas were each their fields of
expertise, in that they spent more time involved with them and hence were more
able to be m'dakdek and yored l'omek hasugya.
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