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# If the Gemara presents an alternative answer (איכא דאמרי), the Rif will pasken like it instead of the first answer,<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaTalmud 423)</ref> even if the second answer is more stringent and the case is only of DeRabbanan nature.<ref>Korban Netanel (Klalim 1)</ref> | # If the Gemara presents an alternative answer (איכא דאמרי), the Rif will pasken like it instead of the first answer,<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaTalmud 423)</ref> even if the second answer is more stringent and the case is only of DeRabbanan nature.<ref>Korban Netanel (Klalim 1)</ref> | ||
# Unless explicitly stated by the Rif that one should be stringent, the assumption is that a lenient approach is taken with unresolved inquiries of the Gemara (Tiku)<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 8)</ref> | # Unless explicitly stated by the Rif that one should be stringent, the assumption is that a lenient approach is taken with unresolved inquiries of the Gemara (Tiku)<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 8)</ref> | ||
# Similar to Rashi, the Rif will only explain a Halacha with the words כלומר or פירוש to offer specifically this | # Similar to Rashi, the Rif will only explain a Halacha with the words כלומר or פירוש to offer specifically this interpretation over a possible alternative one that would be subject to some question.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 19)</ref> | ||
#The Rif will sometimes quote a Mishna even if not the entire Mishna is accepted as the halacha if that can be shown from elsewhere as long as it is partially accepted as the halacha.<ref>Bet Yosef YD 142:4, Shach YD 142:10</ref> | |||
== Rav Hai Gaon == | == Rav Hai Gaon == | ||
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# There is controversy regarding the reliability and authorship of the Rif's responsa.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 17)</ref> | # There is controversy regarding the reliability and authorship of the Rif's responsa.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 17)</ref> | ||
# Rabbeinu Yitzchak ben Yaakov Alfasi, the Rif, had a grandson, Rav Yitzchak ben Reuven, who is known as the Baal HaShe'arim. Some Poskim weren't aware of this and mistakenly posed contradictions between the writings of the two.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 20), Shem HaGedolim (Sefarim, Shin 127)</ref> | # Rabbeinu Yitzchak ben Yaakov Alfasi, the Rif, had a grandson, Rav Yitzchak ben Reuven, who is known as the Baal HaShe'arim. Some Poskim weren't aware of this and mistakenly posed contradictions between the writings of the two.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 20), Shem HaGedolim (Sefarim, Shin 127)</ref> | ||
# [[Maharam Rotenberg]] recommended following the Rif in cases where [[Tosafot]] do not disagree.<ref>Terumat HaDeshen 170</ref> | # [[Maharam Rotenberg]] recommended following the Rif in cases where [[Tosafot]] do not disagree.<ref>Teshuvot Maharam 281, Mordechai Ketubot 170, Terumat HaDeshen 170 among other places</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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