Reply To: What did Hillel mean?

Lomed,

That Pshat is mentioned by Meforshim. It does explain well Hillel’s words. That Pshat is the meaning of Rabbi Akiva’s words that you quoted in our other discussion.

I think your Rubo Kekulo Terutz is the way Rashi has to be read. So thanks for that. It still is somewhat unsettling that he gave an answer which doesn’t really sum up the whole Torah, unless you use the other Pshatim as a fall back. Meaning, he answered an answer which is technically true, while the main message he was giving over was only mostly true.