“Akiva, how can you say this.”
Is there someone in your life who just gets under your skin? You try really hard to understand their perspective, but no matter how hard you try you just can’t get over a smoldering feeling of irritation. I have a friend who holds very different views than me, and he knows if he brings up certain topics, I will become distressed. It is as though he can’t help himself because it happens over and over, and I end up pleading with him to back away from the topic.
Several days ago in the Daf Yomi, we learned that Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Eliezer had a strained relationship when they argued over whether one can sacrifice the Paschal lamb when the eve of Passover collides on the calendar with Shabbat. Rabbi Akiva came down on the side of stringency and said that the Passover sacrifice does not override Shabbat. Rabbi Eliezer was taken aback because it was generally believed among the Rabbinic community that the Passover sacrifice overrode restrictions o
The matter is dependent on the owner’s particularity.”
Today we are presented with a different take on intention, which incorporates the principle of “since, etc.” It is a form of intention that considers past and future inclinations. And in case you have not read the portion yet, we are still living in the world of the kneading bowl, where every small egg-bulk of dough matters. Or not. It depends on an
“owner’s particularity.”
It is the owner’s particularity that determines if an egg-bulk size of dough that is wrapped around the kneading bowl should be removed on Passover or simply reside in all its baked-in goodness. And in case you think it would be a waste to rid yourself of the bowl ahead of Passover that has dough baked into its crevices, just imagine that you always considered it to be part of the bowl itself – which is your own specific particularity. In this instance, the dough is no longer food. But be careful not to push this general principle too