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From: yudelson@aecom.UUCP (Larry Yudelson)
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Subject: Re: Kashrut and rel. obsolescence
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Date: Sun, 11-Dec-83 19:39:19 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 11 19:39:19 1983
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	While Gil has the right to find reasons for the mitzvot
(Jewish laws), it must be kept in mind that they are no more than
his reasons.  In fact, the Talmud does not, in most cases, say why
a law is, but deals rather with the the way it is to be observed.
(I qualified that statement, but I cannot think of any exceptions.)
"Ta'amei haMitzvot", explanations of the Commandments, only became
popular in the Middle Ages--Maimonides, etc.