Yitzchak Coffer asked:
The Insights for 5b regarding the above subject states in the first paragraph that "the people did not accept this enactment..." Did the Chachamim officially cancel their gezerah or did they simply not enforce it?
Yitzchak Coffer, Thornhill, Canada
The Kollel replies:
See Rambam (Hilchos Mamrim chap.2). Any Gezeirah which was not accepted by the majority of the public is automatically void. However, there are some qualifications to this rule. The general rule is that this clause applies only to Gezeiros and not to Takanos.
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