[Avodah] chumrah leading to a kulah

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

In a recent tradition article article there is an example how a chumrah
especially made as a reaction leads to a kulah

In the prohibition R Louis Ginzberg issued a psak that one could use
grape juice for kiddush. In reaction to this Conservative psak some O
rabbi attacked R Ginzburg and paskened that grape juice was no different
than orange juice and certainly not to be used for kiddush. As a result O
Jews used wine for kiddush during the prohibition but drank grape juice
without any hechsher.

Today (beginning with R Pesach Tzvi Frank) most poskim say that one can
use grape juice for kiddush (some even say its preferable). Most important
they all hold that grape juice is wine for the prohibition of stam yeinam

Hence, the attempt to attack R Ginzburg and be machmir led many Jews
for over 30 years to transgress the issur of stam yeinam.

-- 
Eli Turkel