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11. Deuteronomy 17.11. 12. See Yitzchak Gilat, op. cit, p. 206, footnote 2.

13. Moses Isserles , Responsa Harama, ed. Asher Ziv, Jerusalem , 1971, Responsum no. 128, pp. 488-495; The translation is based in part on Solomon B. Freehof , A Treasury of Responsa, Philadelphia , 1962, pp. 113-117. All further references to Isserles are from this source. See Rama's gloss to Shulhan Arukh Orah Hayyim 339.9, which was apparently written in the wake of the incident discussed in the responsum.

14. Freehof , op.cit., p.114.

15. Rabbenu Tam 's statement is quoted in Moses Coucy , Sefer Mitzvot HaGadol, Jerusalem , 1961, Negative Precepts,#71-75.

16. B. Hullin 141a. 17. Responsa R. Moshe Galante, Livorna , 1608, responsum,#80, pp. 45a-46b.

18. Judah Lieb Zirelsohn, Responsa Ma'arkhei Lev, Kishinev , 1930, Even Haezer, Resp. 72.

19. Responsa HaRama, op. cit., Responsum#19, footnote 8,(Emphasis added).

20. Vide my article,"Halakhah as a Developmental and Moral Phenomenon” (Hebrew ), Shalhevet, Jerusalem : Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism, September, 1987,#34, pp. 4ff; or in its French version,"Il est certainment ermis de modifier toutes les decisions rabbiniques,” Tenoua, Paris : MJLF, Pe os 1987, 47, pp. 3ff; Printemps, 1991, 58, pp. 19ff.

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