The law of doubt in the Torah
Hello Rabbi! A friend asked me a question, I don’t know if it’s correct and it’s really difficult, but I would love to hear the Rabbi’s opinion on the matter.
How is it appropriate to discuss the laws of doubt in the Torah? The divine command does not make me God’s representative to arrange creation for him. The command is a specific statement to me that when I stand, for example, in front of milk, I am forbidden to eat it. If so, when I stand in front of an object that I do not know what it is, how will I be obligated to inquire about its nature or, in any case, refrain from eating it due to doubt? There is apparently nothing here that would create an obligation for me because I do not know what it is. So the divine voice of the prohibition of eating milk does not speak to me now. Just as I do not have questions about Shabbat or circumcision when I see that piece, so I do not need to inquire whether it is milk, even though it is more likely. If it is not fixed in my consciousness that it is milk, no question will arise in me whether it is milk or not. As far as I am concerned, it is a UFO that I am interested in eating and that God will get along with the milk that He created.
As mentioned, I have several directions for solving the question, but I would love to hear the Rabbi’s opinion.
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Exactly on this part of ‘find out’ My question was what imposes on me the obligation to find out when it is milk, of course, the prohibition of milk is imposed on me, but when it is apparently doubtful, there is nothing that would trigger the prohibition of milk because it is not milk as far as I am concerned, find out? Why should I find out, I was told not to eat milk when I know it is milk, I will refrain from eating it if I do not know then no, I am not now imposed with any apparent prohibition.
Regarding doubt from the Torah to the grave, the question is not the least bit what creates a discussion of doubt, the law of doubt daw’ etc. is when a state of doubt arises in me, the halacha is to act gravely in this, but the question is what is a state of doubt and why does it exist at all.
It seems to me that this is pure stubbornness. There is no difficulty here. I have exhausted myself.
It turns out that the disagreement between the Rambam and the Rashba over the question of whether the Torah is stricter or just from the rabbis depends on this question.
For the Rambam, the system of prohibitions is a system of commandments that addresses the decision-making of a person
For the Rashba, the prohibitions are something that exists in the ontological reality of the forbidden thing and a person must derive from reality to act in accordance with the prohibition in the thing, therefore, in doubt, one cannot be lenient, and according to the rabbi
This question is asked by the Harash in Sha’ar’i
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