[Avodah] Women's zimun [AhS, MB etc.]

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 11/6/07, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
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>
> My following RDLifshitz's preference for the AhS doesn't make me a
> mimeticist. Rather, I'm following a text written by someone with a strong
> belief in the authority of minhag. I'm not doing what I was raised to
> do because halakhah is related to as a culture.
>
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha



re; AhS, As I've posted before, Litvisher Rabbanim  including R. Dovid L ,
[as opposed to Roshei Yeshiva] AFAIK always favored AhS as THE poseik of his
generation.

The Doros in Lita go something like this:
Primary:

   1. R. Elchonon Spektor
   2. AhS
   3. R. Chaim Ozer

Close Seconds:

   1. Beis Halevi,
   2.  his son R. Chaim Brisker
   3.  Netziv
   4. Others?

In pre-WWII p'sak literature, how often is the MB quoted?  For that matter
how often is the Kitzur SA mentioned?

If popularity counts, certainly MB and KSA are amongst the top poskim of
their times.
OTOH, if  you see the popularity of these texts as more about which is the
better textbook over which states the correct p'sak then it would imply
something else.  [iow it would imply learn from them, but don't PASKEN from
them!]

Of the following 4 major codes which is the least user friendly?
Which is the  most Halachically authoritative?

   1. Mishneh Torah
   2. Arba Turim
   3. ShulchanAruch-Mappa
   4. Levush

 and FWIW What text did the MB himself use to teach basic Halachah?

One of my colleagues suggests using a Beis din of

   1. MB
   2. AhS
   3. Kaf hachayyim

I think this idea makes a lot of sense.

Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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