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From: slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner)
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Subject: Re: Not a Proof
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 17:29:39 EDT
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> > a)  Torah law is based on "consent of the governed", said 
> >     consent having been given at Mt. Sinai.
> 
> 
> I realize that there are midrashim that say (on the surface) that
> the  acceptance  of  our  forefathers  is  somehow binding on us.
> However, these can be  interpreted homiletically.  I know  of  no
> source   which  interpret  these  midrashim  halachically.  (Does
> anyone?)
> 
> 				Yitzchok Samet


For whatever it is worth, in chasidus we learn that ALL jewish souls
of all times were at Sinai and ALL accepted to Torah.  Therefore, every
jew has already accepted to Torah.


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