[Avodah] FW: R Tzadok-TSBP

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Michael Makovi wrote:
> ... Rabbi Haim Soloveitchik was reticent to pasken,
> directing people to the dayan of Volozhin for practical
> questions. Rabbi Haim was sure that his hiddushim were true
> and correct, but he couldn't bring himself to practically rule
> that way, against the SA in favor of a novel ruling of the
> Rambam's or a novel reading of the Gemara. Faced with the
> conflict, he simply chose not to pasken anything. ... 
> Personally, this makes my stomach turn, with all due respect
> to Rabbi Haim. I cannot imagine the value of learning that
> does not lead to practical halakhah.

I think you may be confusing two things.

I would presume that when his learning led him to conclude the practical halacha to be this or that, he surely followed that in his personal practice, and I'd be surprised to learn otherwise.

But on the other hand, he could very well have been reticent to pasken FOR OTHERS, directing people to the dayan of Volozhin for practical questions.

Akiva Miller

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