[Avodah] R' Aviner on gadol hador status

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

In Avodah Digest 25:401, R"n Toby Katz wrote:
> Looking back now, for example, I think everybody would
> agree that the ... Vilna Gaon was "the" godol hador of
> his dor, but in their lifetimes I don't think their
> status was uncontested.

Maybe. Maybe not. I think that even today, some might give that title to the Baal Shem Tov.

To quote a question asked by R' Joel Rich in that same digest (though in a different thread):

> Any nafka mina l'dina?

Akiva Miller

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