[Avodah] Minhag Yisroel and Gra on 2 Matzos vs.3 Matzos

[Arie Folger]

R'nCL wrote:
> But given the non
> ideality of this world, I am not prepared to say that it is always
> inappropriate to go shopping.

It is hard to argue in the specific case you mention. However, there is a 
workaround, as explained in halakhah. If you find out about a different 
opinion, go back to the first rav and confront him with it; he may change his 
mind or be unconvinced. Nonetheless, you do show that there are exceptions 
worth considering.

> If one or one's wife is pregnant with Tay Sachs
> child, knowing the machlokus regarding the permissibility (or
> advisability) of abortion in the theoretical can allow one to avoid R'X
> or his followers without actually asking R'X and seek out a talmid of R'
> Y.

Here I have a problem, for the shoel is focusing on the outcome. I find that 
quite unappealing. Choosing between RMF and REWaldenberg's respective 
pessaqim in this matter isn't one of mere choice. Going to mikveh a night 
earlier may be a violation of minhag, or in some cases, of a derabbanan 
(usually only a strong minhag); aborting a child is, according to some, a 
toladah of murder.I am not invalidating REW's opinion, but I do feel that the 
shoel, too, must approach his role with gravitas. That gravitas is called 
yirat shamayim.

Of course, in this scenario, too, one could argue for some unusual 
circumstances making the pre-shopping shopping more acceptable.

KT
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