Reply To: This is Not Related to the Theological Conundrum

I’ll explain what I’m doing with the Maharatz Chayes:

The Gemara in Sotah 2a says ?? ??? ??? ??? ???? ????? ??? ??? ??? ??????? ?? ???? ??? ??? ??? ????? ???’ ?? ?? ???? ??? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ??? ??? ?? ?? ??? ??? ?’ ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ?? ??? ????? ????? ????? ?????? ???? ????? ?????? ??????? ???? ??? ??? ?? ????? ??? ?? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ???? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ???? ?? ???? ????? ?? ???? ???

Tosafos there asks why the Gemara didn’t use the answer of ?? ???? ????? ?? ???? ??? in Moed Katan 18b where the Gemara contradicted the statement of ?????? ??? ???? ????? ???? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ?????? with Shmuel’s statement of ???? ???? ??? ????? ?? ???? ??? ?????? ???. The Maharatz Chayes objects to Tosafos’s question. He says that the Gemara in Moed Katan couldn’t give this answer because Shmuel can’t make a statement ???? ???? ??? without specifying that it only applies to a specific case i.e. zivug sheini. Similarly, I am saying that the Gemara wouldn’t say noach lo shelo nivra if it only meant a case of lekanter. I’m not saying that this is a fatal kashya. But I do think that it’s a point.