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How do you interpret the story in the gemara, beitza 36b, of Abbaye and Rabba and the mill?

Something like..

Where Abbaye has a halachic problem.  He asks Rabba, Rabba gives a lenient answer using a loophole (which was of benefit to Abbaye).. But Abbaye disagrees with it, he thinks halacha is stricter.
Abbaye disobeys Rabba, and regrets it, and says he should have followed his rav.

I have heard some rabbis say, this , is proof that you have to follow your rav..  Even if you want to be stricter than him, you cannot.

others have said.. This gemara shows that you are bound by your rav`s answer, but only if you ask him.

I have heard rav kahane say you are bound by your rav`s answer, but only if you ask him.. (in answer to a question of - who is your rav - and does he agree with you..)

Is this an aggadic thing that we shouldn`t be so sure we understand.. It is very radical. And just one gemara.   And I don`t think the RAMBAM sees it halachically like this, or he would have mentioned it in his mishneh torah (I assume it doesn't).

What is it teaching.. Do we have a tradition on what it teaches?

A strict reading of it, would stress more parts of the story, and say it teaches you that (if you ask your rav and he gives you an answer then ) you cannot or should not be machmir(stricter than) your rav.  Perhaps the reason is it may embarass him e.g. especially if he has many students.

YESHA:
Dear ASKJUDEATORAHSHOW/Judea Non Capta,
What is the Torah’s position of us being both Torah leaders as well as politician, like the late Rabbi Kahane, zt”l, Hy”d. Some Torah leaders in the U.K., I spoke to prior to the expulsion from Gush Katif told me that they won’t become involved in the anti-expulsion efforts because they are “political”. 

I find that absurd as they take other political positions and involved with other political matters. When it is convenient for them they say it is “political”. I know several Orthodox Jews who are both Rabbis as well as involved with political partisan issues. Thanks for doing an excellent show, keep up the great work and listeners are invited to submit comments and questions to my show too, though preferably not-Torah related (just a plug!). Zev 

Rubystars:
Hi, this is the first time asking a question on this show.

If a Jew falls away from his or her faith, and follows another religion, do they have to do a full conversion if they want to come back to Judaism, or do they simply become "more observant"?

Ben Yehuda:
I was listening to Chaim's show today and was shocked at his explanation for the curse of Ham and his son Canaan. That seems extremely freakish behavior for a son to force sexual relations on his father. So I did a little reading and found this: http://www.lumengentleman.com/content.asp?id=158

This seems more plausible, although I am not a Torah scholar by a long shot. Do you have any comments?

habiru:
responses?

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