Commentary for Avodah Zarah 14:17
מכדי קראי לא כמר דייקי ולא כמר דייקי במאי קמיפלגי
Since the verses do not prove one master’s statement more than the other, what are they really arguing about?
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Talmud now suggests that the dispute between R. Joshua and R. Eliezer was really connected to whether we learn from Moses’s behavior. Moses first praised God and then he asked for his needs. R. Joshua says that we too should act in the same manner. But R. Eliezer says that Moses is different. His greatness allows him to sincerely praise God first. But with any other human being, it is better to simply first ask for one’s needs.
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