[Avodah] Sephardi-ism: some food for thought

[Rich, Joel]

For instance, when the Chazon Ish paskened like (his understanding of)
the Baal Hamo'or and the Kuzari, his famous telegram said "ichlu
bar'vi'i vetzumu bachamishi"; the reisha is the chidush that shows he
really held that way, and was not just being machmir misafek.  That he
was willing to take on his shoulders that they would eat on the day that
rov chachmei yisrael of that day had paskened was Yom Kippur showed how
sure he was of his position.  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.


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Zev Sero              
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This is an interesting statement - does the "how strongly he held his
position" apply to the particular shiur or to that libi omer li (i.e. it
could be a reflection on this issue or to the halachik heart issue.)
KT 
Joel Rich
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