[Avodah] shiurim

[Zev Sero]

Eli Turkel wrote:
>>From the sefer of Beinish on Midot and Shiurim of the Torah  p74(my translation)
> 
> "Everything I wrote is only to be machmir but in places that the shiur of
> our rabbis the achronim (i.e. Nodah BeYehudah and others) results in a
> Kulah in a Torah halacha then it is proper for those fearful of paskening
> (mi-yireh horaah) to be machmir"
> 
> This is an addition to the second edition (mahadura batra) of the kuntress
> le-shiurim by the CI and does not appear in the first edition
> 
> The Steipler in his sefer Shiurei haMitzvot which he wrote according to
> the psak of CIalso writes that the shiur of an egg being 45-50 grams
> is a chumra and similarly for the size of the agudal

Yes, the "chacham echad" referred to in the footnote I quoted earlier
was probably the Steipler.  But his claims are contradicted by the CI's
own letter.

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