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Leib Shachar's avatar

Beautifully written and well presented. I'll add that we say שבעים פנים לתורה. It doesn't mean there are 70 separate peshatim to each idea but Panim, meaning ways of looking at things. Why? because there are 70 כוחות הנפש and different people have their stronger כוחות to look at things in a different way based on their כוחות. Sanhedrin was also 70 people since that is the ultimate diversity where one can come to a consensus. Same with the understanding of 70 nations and 70 languages.

However, this article still doesn't answer the question because Shamai and Hillel didn't make a "joint aguda". They both held their own and led two separate communities.

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MK's avatar

It's refreshing to see a post on this blog that is not childish and petty. It just goes to underline the point that you don't need to resort to that for "PR" purposes, or to properly make a persuasive argument. Kudos - well said.

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