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Answer by HaLeiVi for What do I do when I run into a gemara that is contrary...

Traditional commentaries generally don't deal with trying to make an argument sound logical, but rather with settling contradictions (of statements or of logic). If you are new to Gemara then the logic...

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Answer by Maurice Mizrahi for What do I do when I run into a gemara that is...

Understand the Gemara the way the Rambam said to understand it:Astrology is a disease, not a science... It is a tree under whose shadow all sorts of superstitions thrive. ... Only fools and charlatans...

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What do I do when I run into a gemara that is contrary to common sense

What do I do when an answer in the Gemara seems so illogical or contrary to common sense, even after reading all the commentaries? Do I just ignore my own logic? Just saying it may make sense in the...

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