In the braisa quoted towards the bottom of 32b, it is suggested that the fact that someone who transgresses me'ilah b'meizid is ptur from a korban should be learned from a kal v'chomer - "if chaivei krisus are ptur b'meizid..." etc. Isn't this really a chomer v'kal? That is, we are applying a kulah FROM a chomer TO a kal. This seemed unusual to me, but perhaps it is a fine "use" of the idea of kal v'chomer. The Artscroll just calls it a "kal v'chomer" (though the braisa just says b'din hu...) Thanks for your time.
Dovid Maayan, Sharon, Massachusetts, USA
Shalom Rav,
Yes, the term "Kal va'Chomer" is used to refer to both directions of this single form of logical inferences. (Notice that it is not called a "Kal mi'Chomer.") It makes no difference whether one is leaning a stringency from that inference or a leniency.
B'Virchas Kol Tuv,
Eliezer Chrysler
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