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““The only debate can be halachic.””
“Says you. But if someone’s understanding of the mesechta can be shredded without much effort, I wouldn’t care much for their version of halacha.”
There is no such an argument. We do not paskin from Shas. You are speaking as a typical Yeshivah guy, who knows nothing about the halachic process. In fact Rav Moshe, who had a novel approach to his teshuvos, would not argue on SA, and did not ague on the Nosei Keilim with abandon.
“For the record, there was endless discussions with Rav Tuvya and his most notable peers when he was younger. When he was older they left him alone.”
Fiction. There was limited debate
“A notable exception was Rav Shmuel Birnbaum who was close with him throughout. And may have agreed with him.”
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