Re: Are turkeys kosher?
Moeller, Danny (Danny_Moeller@exchange.ml.com)
Tue, 23 Sep 1997 13:36:21 -0400
Jacob Faturechi wrote:
<<1) The mitzvah that all this is derived from is simply "Do not boil a kid
in its mother's milk." They could have just as easily decided that it only
applies to goats, which for most people would be moot since most people do
not eat goat. . .
4) When the Rabbonim look at fences for the Torah, when do they get around
to building a fence around "Do not add to what I command you and do not
subtract from it, . . . I am increasingly keeping more and more of the
mitzvoth, and while I still keep everything that I can, I don't necessarily
like the fact that so much of what I am bound to is not Torah, but fence.
At times it feels like I lose sight of Torah for all the fences and I have
met quite a few people who really do not know the difference, which I think
is a bad thing..>>
What you wrote is true..the Rabbonim could have... but they didn't. One
extremely important thing to remember in regard to the Gedarim [fences]
that the Rabbonim created is that while some of the reasons were revealed
to us as to why they created them it does not -- in any way -- mean that
these are the only reasons for them. Thus, if we see that the reason no
longer applies -- we have no right to say that the Gezairo no longer is
needed.
It is extremely important to know where the mitzva from the Torah stops and
the Gezeiro starts. This is particularly important on Shabbos when a person
is -- G-D Forbid-- sick - what can be done for this person and what can't
depends on [1] how sick the person is and [2] whether the treatment
required is a Torah prohibition or a Geder (fence).
regards,
danny