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And one who wishes to adopt both the stringencies of Beit Shammai and the stringencies of Beit Hillel, with regard to him the verse states: “The fool walks in darkness” (Ecclesiastes 2:14). Rather, one should act either in accordance with Beit Shammai, following both their leniencies and their str
The Talmud objects to the wording of the baraita: This baraita itself is difficult. First you say that the halakha is always in accordance with the statement of Beit Hillel, and then you teach that one who wishes to act in accordance with the statement of Beit Shammai may do so.
The Talmud responds: This is not difficult. Here, the statement that a person may act as he wishes was made before the bat kol emerged and announced that the halakha is always in accordance with Beit Hillel. There, the statement that the halakha is always in accordance with Beit Hillel was made af
And if you wish, say instead that even the statement that a person may act as he wishes was made after the bat kol announced that the halakha is in accordance with Beit Hillel, and this statement is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehoshua, who says: One disregards a bat kol that attempts to in
The Talmud notes: In any case, Rava’s ruling is difficult. How could he rule in accordance with two contradictory stringencies in order to deem the animal a tereifa?