Q&A: Schools of Interpretation
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Schools of Interpretation
Question
Hello Rabbi, I once saw that the Rabbi wrote somewhere—I think—that the Lechem Mishneh asked about Maimonides how he rules one way, even though that follows the approach of the school of Rabbi Yishmael, while elsewhere he rules according to the approach of the school of Rabbi Akiva. Could the Rabbi send me the exact location in the Lechem Mishneh?
Thank you.
Answer
I don’t specifically remember it being in the Lechem Mishneh. It’s a contradiction within Maimonides himself. See my two Middah Tovah articles on the Torah portion of Vayikra: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwJAdMjYRm7IRmM4RGd0dG9zWU0