[Avodah] shiurim

[Zev Sero]

Eli Turkel wrote:
> <<Similarly, in his letter to R Avrohom Chaim Noeh about his
> position on shiurim he admits that he has no real proof, but "libi omer
> li" that he is correct, and he would pasken that way "afilu lehatir eshet
> ish".  IOW if a man were to throw a get to his wife, and it were to land
> within four CI-amot of her, the CI would allow her to remarry.  That's
> the koach dehetera that he found to demonstrate how strongly he held his
> position.>>
> 
> All (charediAshkenaz )sefarim that I know pasken like the shiurim of CI
> only for chumrah but not for kulah. I believe that CI himself says,
> i.e. one should not carry a little less 4 amot in reshut harabim based on
> CI shiur

The letter, dated Menachem-Av 5704, is printed in Shiurei Mikveh; the
relevant part is on page 8.  "Ve'omnam libi onsani, velibi omer li, ki
midat agudal benoni etzlenu hu 2.5 cm, vehu davar muram mikol safek,
ve'efshar lehatir eshet ish ulhotzi mamon bemidat emet kazeh."

In footnote 13, RACN writes that "a certain chacham wrote a year ago
in the CI's name" to be machmir in Torah questions according to both
shitot, and that "half a year ago that same chacham wrote that some
achronim hold this way", and points out that this contradicts the CI's
own letter.

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