Three questions
Hello.
1. Why was the Kinin treatise written? It seems to be trying to convey basic mathematical laws rather than real-world cases. It presents extreme cases that are clearly illogical.
2. Does the rabbi know of an explanation for why the priests go up barefoot for their blessing (apart from the very strange explanation that appears in the Gemara), or alternatively does the rabbi have a plausible explanation for the Gemara’s concern about this custom (lest his sandal tear, he bends down to repair it and they think he is disqualified from the priesthood).
3. It is possible that the Torah commanded slaughter because it was the most moral way that existed in their day to kill an animal (all the interpreters of the mitzvah that I know followed this path). So, today it is possible that the Torah wants us to be slaughtered by electricity (assuming that it is less painful, I don’t know physiologically) and we, like in the Rabbi’s parable, actually insist on walking in warm clothing in the desert?
Thank you very much.
- There is a wonderful essay by my friend Professor Moshe Kopel on Tractate Kinim. In it, he proves a mathematical theorem that explains some of the foundations of the tractate.
- https://ph.yhb.org.il/02-20-08/
- I highly doubt whether the law of slaughter is because of the tsaba’ah. Many have written so, but in my opinion this is a reason for reading. And even if this is true, according to the law, they did not require a reason for reading.
3. What is the Rabbi's opinion on the reason for the laws of slaughter?
I don't know. I don't deal with the reasons for the mitzvot. But as I wrote, the reason can be true in itself, only the halakha does not require the reason.
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