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Therefore , this tractate ends with the statement that the sages increase peace in the world to indicate that these rabbinical enactments do not constitute an " uprooting " of biblical law but rather are the implementation of the ...
Therefore , this tractate ends with the statement that the sages increase peace in the world to indicate that these rabbinical enactments do not constitute an " uprooting " of biblical law but rather are the implementation of the ...
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At times their enactments prevented the fulfillment of a " positive law , " at times they permitted the violation of a " negative law . " But in every instance , the conditions which they laid down were such that not only did they not ...
At times their enactments prevented the fulfillment of a " positive law , " at times they permitted the violation of a " negative law . " But in every instance , the conditions which they laid down were such that not only did they not ...
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It seems to me that in this instance what is involved is the question of whether a rabbinic enactment based upon an ... The same question can be asked about rabbinic enactments that are validated by appeals to such general ethical ...
It seems to me that in this instance what is involved is the question of whether a rabbinic enactment based upon an ... The same question can be asked about rabbinic enactments that are validated by appeals to such general ethical ...
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