You guys missed the point. RD was referencing that Tosfos that Midwesterner cited. He is saying that Tosfos are Apikorsim (Chalila! It hurts just to type that) for thinking that they can say the G’zeirah doesn’t apply in that way. It’s arrogance and it’s idiocy. Millions of Talmidei Chachamim over nearly a thousand years have pored over each and every letter of each and every Girsa of Tosfos. And suddenly he has discovered that he (along with Professor Faur) knows what the true Derech Ha’Emes in Shas and Divrei Chazal is and that Tosfos disregarded it. He want to throw out all Tosfosim because they don’t follow the proper path in G’zeiros Chazal. And he discovered this! Not any of the contemporary Rishonim, not any of the later Rishonim, and none of the Chachamim between then and now who have loved and held dear every word of every Tosfos. He and Hadar belong together. And my language? My only concern is that I insulted the Torah and the Ba’alei Hatosfos by not using language strong enough in condemning his intentions. There’s one post on this thread that should be deleted. But it certainly isn’t mine.
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