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On 10/5/2011 1:29 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The best known and best established such approach is al pi Qabbalah, that
BH is based on midas haRachamim, whereas the Shamutim founded their pesaq
on midas haDin.</pre>
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What kabbalah is this? Do you have a source for it?<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:20111005182919.GA17298@aishdas.org" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">A second and pretty successful approach is that of R' Zevin in LeTorah
uLeMo'adim, opn ner Chanukah. He says that BH pasqens based on what /is/,
whereas Beis Shammai pasqens based on potential.</pre>
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According to R' Nachman Cohen in <i>Mirrors of Eternity</i> and <i>Esther's
Plea</i>, the basic distinction between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai is
a "mystical" vs. "practical". Similar in a way to the potential vs.
actual dichotomy, descriptions in Midrash of Adam HaRishon as a giant
striding the world are attributed to talmidim of Beit Shammai, while
descriptions of Adam as a human being are Beit Hillel.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006RT1DO/">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006RT1DO/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1877650013">http://www.amazon.com/dp/1877650013</a><br>
<br>
In those two books, he goes through the midrashic machlokot of R'
Yehuda and R' Nechemia, and between R' Yehoshua and R' Eliezer HaModa'i.<br>
<br>
What I found fascinating about that explanation is that this is
similar, in a way, to the divide between Hasidim and Mitnagdim. At
least as they've developed. With Hasidim taking what's basically a
more Beit Shammai position. Which in turn made me think of the
statement that in the future, the halakha would be like Beit Shammai.
And in many ways, this has started to come true, in large if not in
every particular.<br>
<br>
Lisa<br>
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