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<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>To:
Harvey Benton <a href="mailto:harvw613@yahoo.com">harvw613@yahoo.com</a> Fri,
29 Jun 2012 11:58:28 -0700 (PDT)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;direction:ltr;
unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>"do we ever
pasken from a beraita not in the mishna gemmarra (eg,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>tosefta??)"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>why
would the authority of the Tosefta be any less than that of the Talmud
Yerushalmi?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>Similar
to the usage of Yerushalmi, The Rif will often cite Tosefta as a supplement,
providing a Halakha not dealt with explicitly in the Gmara (I counted 19 such
cases), or at least as a source to clarify ambiguity in the Gmara (9 of these).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>The
Rishonim often use the Tosefta as a backup for a new pshat in gmara. This could
happen even if the trend of the sugya is leaning otherwise (E.G Ramban Ktuvot
51b).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>An
extreme example of the relying on an extra-Talmudic source, even an obscure
one, is the usage of Masekhet Soferim for numerous European minhagim, sometimes
even against the Talmudic or Gaonic Halakha. See Tosfot Brakhot 18a; Sefer
Hayashar, Tshuvot p. 81; Ramban in Hidushe R. David and RM Hlawa Psahim 117b;
Hamahkim (Krakow 1909) p. 7; many more examples collect by Higger , intro to
Soferim , 1937, p. 70<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'> "which
would open up the door to findinng a set of dead sea set of scrolls/egypt
geniza set of sefarim, which would contain heretofore, unknown sets of
literature/commentary??"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>The
door is wide open: On revision of psak based on newly-found sources,
unavailable to previous poskim: RMA, HM 25:2, (no reason to believe Maran
Hamhaber disagrees).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>On
revision based on newly found nusach of known sources: RMM Kasher, Noam 16
(1973) p. 165-. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>Dr.
Ezra Chwat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>The
Department of Manuscripts/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>National
Library of Israel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>blog:
Giluy Milta B'Alma: http://imhm.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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