Avos 3:17 - Textual Integrity and Emunas Chachamim

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (6/1/23), in our Thursday Night Pirkei Avos shiur, we learned the final "fence" clause of our mishnah - one which I thought would be too uninteresting for a full shiur, but turned out to be eye-opening and practical in a way that was different from the other clauses. To spice things up even more, we also delved into the topic of emunas chachamim, which we linked back to this clause in our mishnah. That Rabbeinu Yonah really packed a punch!
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מקורות:
אבות ג:יז
רבינו יונה
רשב"ץ
Lawrence Kelemen, "Accuracy of the Torah Text"
ר' יוסף קפאח - הקדמה למשנה תורה
מאירי
אבות ו:ו
תפארת ישראל
אברבנאל
רא"ש - שו"ת כלל נה סימן ט
שו"ת שרידי אש חלק א סימן קיג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגוים ב:ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ז:ח
https://misfittorah.substack.com/p/its-not-really-about-the-pronouns
https://rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/p/the-principle-of-humanity-vs-emunas
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