On the slippery slope
Good evening.
If I understand things correctly, you emphasize over and over again that a posk should not withdraw his opinion due to extra-halakhic arguments, such as the “slippery slope,” when you call this phenomenon “the slippery slope of the slippery slope.” But we find dozens of extra-halakhic arguments in the Shas. After all, what is the idea of ”deviating from the Torah” if not this. “This thing should not be said before the people of the land” (even though it is controversial). “Sages have strengthened their words more than the parable of the Torah,” and many more. How do your words fit in with the fact that there is a prominent perception in the Talmud and the Rishonim of extra-halakhic arguments?
First, even if they did it in the past – I don’t think that necessarily means we should do it too.
Beyond that, I did not express a blanket objection to the slippery slope arguments. Each to its own. Almost all of Durban’s laws are a type of slippery slope (qualifications and decrees).
And keep in mind that there was no media or internet back then, so there was less chance that people would have come forward that it was actually a restriction or something like that.
The Sages did not hide from the people that they made a reservation to the Torah. The fact that a certain thing is a decree or regulation is explained in the Mishnah, Baraito, and Talmud, which were intended for the study of the entire people.
With blessings, Sh.
Well, not always. There are quite a few disputes over the question of whether a law is Torah or Rabbinic. In such cases, there is no clear statement in the original source, and therefore a dispute arises. Indeed, all of these places are difficult for the Maimonides, who in the law who rules or corrects does not say that it is from Rabbinic to pass through Babylon to add.
Shatzel, you can't say it in front of the people of the country, I assume they won't know. Today with Google it's almost impossible. And easy
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