Judaics
The Oven of Akhnai
Majority Rule: Continued
EQ
What if the majority is wrong?
Vocab:
posek
psak halacha
trayf- not fit for ritual use
Akhnai- coiled snake
All the sages stood around rabbi Eliezer (in a "coil") screaming, "Your wrong!"
What happens when you break and place sad in the cracks? is it trayf?
we dont get our laws from walking trees, we don't get our laws from water!
Rabbi E. says, "god will prove me right!"(GOD said,"The law agrees with Rabbi E. everywhere!")