How could Rabbi Akivah and his students not realize their error? With 727-8 students dying every day (24,000/33) they didn't do a cheshbon henefesh? Explains Rav Moshe Tzuriel they didn't think they were wrong, they felt they were fulfilling a mitzvah.
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I hear. This shows that great deliberation over the exact גדר of kefirah and who is subject to the punishment of מורידין ולא מעלין is necessary so people don't label everything they disagree with as kefirah requiring destruction.
ReplyDeleteI believe you missed the boat but what do I know
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