[Avodah] hoist by his editor's petard

[Zev Sero]

On 03/04/2009, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> RDR wrote:
>> What has semicha to do with psak? Naively psak is pronouncing an
>> applied halachic decision. Semicha is authority to perform certain
>> judicial functions.

> Actually, according to the usual text you tend to find on the "klaf",
> it's reshus to give pesaq even when lifnei rabbo.

The reference was to the real semicha, which we no longer have.

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Zev Sero
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