The Tosaphists’ Explanation of the Dispute between R. Yishmael and R. Akiva The Tosaphists believe that both R. Yishmael and R. Akiva agree that Scriptural verses regarding shehutei hutz referred only to qodshim. According to the Tosaphists R. Yishmael inferred from these verses that b’sar ta’avah had been prohibited in the desert inasmuch as the…
Category: Iqar
עיקר א’ השחיטה והנחירה (part one)
The petiha to Dor Revi’i is primarily an extended discourse on 11 basic iqarim — essential concepts, ideas, and principles relating to shehitah and nehirah (the methods by which an animal may be rendered halakhically fit for human consumption) and to the concepts of treifah and neveilah, which are the subject matter of most of…
