Why is Precedent so Important in Halacha? (And Why is the Gemara Binding?)

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January 26 2016
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Rules of Psak 

Collections: Rabbi Ziring Methodology of Psak

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Is precedent binding? It is absolutely so, or does it require us to engage with it, or to follow it? Why is the Gemara binding? The Mishna?

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