tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post116387464275598242..comments2023-10-16T08:00:03.188-07:00Comments on Jew is Beautiful: How Do We Know That There is an Oral Law?OrthodoxJewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499891102052725678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-13604221940423590702006-12-28T08:51:00.000-08:002006-12-28T08:51:00.000-08:00Hey, that's a pretty good post, thanks. I don't f...Hey, that's a pretty good post, thanks. I don't feel entirely qualified to answer the topics you brought up. I'll ask a rabbi when I get the chance and put his answer up here. Thanks, have a good week. Yaniv...OrthodoxJewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499891102052725678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13751430.post-42495566032105967972006-12-28T08:28:00.000-08:002006-12-28T08:28:00.000-08:00Shalom Vekol Tuv.
Im glad that somebody is approac...Shalom Vekol Tuv.<br />Im glad that somebody is approaching this issue in a calm manner. As someone who came from the Yeshivah world, I have in the past few years asking questions regarding the Ba al Peh. <br /><br />Let me take an example oft used. The Succah and its measurements. How, do those who hold closely to a Ba al Peh ask, do we know what the dimensions of the Succah should be? and materials used. Without the Torah Ba al Peh we wouldnt. Fair enough. But this can allow for the omission of many things.Example. What tools may you use on a Succah??? May you use Iron/Metal ,the weapon of war, to put it together? How should you dress when putting it together??? Surely you cant be doing this mitzvah in shorts can you??? And during what hours may we build it, day night 24/7. Yes it does sound ridiculous but if you are going to say we dont know this without the BP, then surely we can ask many details about the building and never finish.<br /> When we bring a Korban we only care, in many cases about its age and that it has no mum. How bout how tall it is, surely there must be some height of the korban from ground to head??? How long its tale is??? The same with a Succah. The chashuv about a Succah is why we dwell in them, not which wood or scach etc, Hashem could have told us that in a few lines just like he gave Noach the word about Gopher Wood being the type needed for the Teivah. People know what a temporary shelter, thats all the Succah is, would look like. What schach, what size isnt chashuv unless your looking to prove that its chashuv from ommission in the Ktav.IE. The Torah didnt say it so therefore some important info is missing, so there must be something called the Oral Torah to fill in the blanks. Since I doubt we were<br /><br />In short Yaniv, just because the Torah dosent mention it doesnt mean we sit poor in knowledge. The Torah assumes we know what Shor Is, What an eil or keves is because they are in our lives today and we dont need a mesorah to identify that animal called a shor, so we dont need a mesora to explain to us how to build a temporary dwelling which no doubt was common in those days when people travelled and built temporary accomodations till they could build their permanent home.<br /> I will stop here and take a breath. I hope that this discussion will blossom with derech eretz and leshaim shamayim.<br /><br />lethit<br /><br />ilanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com