From the great Prof. Marc B. Shapiro on Seforim Blog: In his commentary to chapter 1 Rashbam advances the notion that according to the peshat of the Torah, the day does not start in the evening, but in the morning. This is only one of many examples where Rashbam’s commentary explains biblical verses in accordance with the peshat, and in opposition to the rabbinic understanding. He even states that according to the peshat the commandment of tefillin in Exodus 13:9 is not to be understood literally.[22] Of course, Rashbam put on tefillin, but in this case he was only explaining what he thought the peshat was. Similarly, he began Shabbat in the evening, not in the morning, but this did not stop him from offering a peshat that differed from the halakhah. For some reason, ArtScroll finds this difficult to take, and therefore decided to delete all of Rashbam’s “problematic” comments regarding the beginning and end of the day. I repeat, since I know this will be hard for people to believe: ArtScroll omitted portions of Rashbam’s commentary from its mikraot gedolot. My thoughts: Who made this decision? And what authority do they have to make this decision? Artscroll often waxes poetic about the Mesorah and they even call themselves Mesorah Publications. Yet, they actively tamper with the Mesorah with shenanigans like this! Riboynoysheloylam! Link: seforim.blogspot/2014/12/self-censorship-in-arukh-ha-shulhan.html (final entry)
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:30:02 +0000
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