[Avodah] R' Aviner on gadol hador status

[Rich, Joel]

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

Here yes - see for example S"A Y"D 244:10
KT
Joel Rich
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