SQUARE_ROOT (and Could Be):
“Stated simply: Midrashim are not Halachah.”
Wrong, as mentioned above; see UJM’s post above.
That the oaths are mentioned in the gemara as agadita has zero relevance to their being in full force.
Again, the Rambam himself invoked them in Iggeres Teiman, and various poskim bring down the oaths as halachically binding. The Maharal makes it even more stringent, that they’re yehareig viAl yaavor. Not bad for “agadita”.
So sad that people refuse to accept simple reality of Torah just because it conflicts with the Zionist idolatry.