Friday 1 June 2012

Rema on Shavuot - 1 Meal or 2? - Part 2

Our Chevra came up with 4 approaches:

1 The Rema simply changed his mind from DM to Hagahot

2 The Rema never meant the same meal as implied in his Hagahot and relied upon D"M

3 . D"M was quoting humrot and minhag hassidut but not ikkar haddin, so there is no actual conflict.

4. Rema made a special exception for Shavuot and for the minhag of shtei halechem, but otherwise he would be machmir.

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Some Implications:

1. Between writing the Darchei Moshe and the Hagahot, the Rema saw things differently due to a change of mind or perhaps after seeing more sources, etc.

2. Despite suggesting one meal in his Hagahot to O"Ch, the Rema presumed that the reader would "know better" based upon Y"D and presumed the reader would know he was consistent over time.

3. The Minhag of dairy/meat does not factor in these various Minhag Hassidut etc.

4. The Rema in DM Y"D is giving the normative position, but that is also context dependent, thus, special exemptions are allowed EG Shavuos. This is akin to the minhag not to kasher keilim from Dairy to Meat and vice versa, but allowing for an exemption during Passover Kashering.

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Mar'eh M'komot
O"Ch
Hagahot Rema 494:3
Ba'er Hetev 8 [both 1 Meal and 2]
MB 14,15,16


Y"D
DM 89:2

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I consulted Rav Ephraim Kanarfogel WRT this Rema and he conceded it is indeed a difficult issue to determine


Shalom and Regards,
RRW

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