[Avodah] hoist by his editor's petard

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' David Riceman quoted the Rogatchover:
> What value is a psak lacking explanation? Rabbi Rosen (p. 22
> column 2) rules that it lacks precedential value: "horaah kol
> zman shelo nisbarer lanu ta'amo ein tzarich lachush l'dvarav
> klal.  Ki haoser v'hamtamei tzarich l'havi ra'ayah".

Then he asked:
> Ironically the editor doesn't cite Rabbi Rosen's explanation.

To me, the reasoning is self-evident. If you don't know the reasoning, how on earth can you apply it to other cases? Other cases may *seem* similar, but how can you know?

Akiva Miller

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