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<DIV>In a message dated 2/3/2014 8:44:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
avodah-request@lists.aishdas.org writes:</DIV>
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Rashi had explained Rabbi Yehuda's position as being because to do<BR>so would
be ba'al tosif, but Tosphos rejects this as a possibility, because<BR>of the
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<DIV>As we have mentioned before, the correct Hebrew is "bal tosif" -- where
"bal" (beis-lamed) means "Do not."</DIV>
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