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Zevahim 50: Analogies, Comparisons, and Inferences
Season 29
Episode 50
Published 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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More on rabbinic interpretation of the biblical text and the rules about how that works - by means of gezarah shavah, kal va-chomer, hekesh. What happens when the sages themselves aren't sure that they're inferences and analogies work in the derivation of halakhot? When can logic triumph over textual inference?