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What do we have to do with his belief according to Rashi, while according to the Talmud he is the great believer…

Question

“It is logical reasoning — why do I need a verse?” That is how the Talmud thinks.
In other words, reasoning stands above the verse, and perhaps even whatever obligates us to listen to the verse is itself based on reasoning. In any case, reasoning is the great and important teacher.
On the other hand, regarding “one who says that the resurrection of the dead is not from the Torah,” Rashi immediately writes: even if he believes that the dead will live again (from where? from his own reasoning…), but he says that it is not written in the Torah (he was not convinced by the Talmud’s attempts to prove it, and each time specifically accepts the opinion in the Talmud that rejects that particular derivation), he has no share in the resurrection of the dead, because what do we have to do with his belief?
 
But wait a second — in the Talmud they praised reasoning more than Scripture, and he thinks it will be so based on reasoning, so seemingly according to the Talmud’s approach he is the ideal believer, while according to Rashi he has no share in the World to Come?

Answer

There is a logical jump in what you are saying. Rashi does not say that the verse is stronger than reasoning, but rather that one who does not believe the verse has no share in the World to Come.

Discussion on Answer

The Real Eshkol the Peddler (2024-08-07)

Wonderful
Many thanks

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