[Avodah] C: we don't rely on manuscripts of Rishonim to overturn psikei halacha

[SBA]

From: JRich at Sibson.com
There is a famous statement of the Chazon Ish that we don't rely on
manuscripts of Rishonim to overturn psikei halacha. In other words,even if
we know for sure that the psak is based on an erroneous girsait doesn't
matter, that version was accepted by the mesora. __
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and the chazon ish based this position on 

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The SR zt'l also held like the CI.

Their reasoning is that the earlier gemoros/girsaos went through the hands
of Rishonim and Achronim - baalei Ruach Hakodesh who had seyata dishmaya to
see the emes.

There is a page about this topic in the sefer Butzina Kadisha vol 1 (by Reb
Sender Deutsch) where he also quotes from a kadmon RM Taku in 'Ksav Tamim'
that there were manuscripts forged my minim 'lehatos es haolom'..

(The CI is in Kovetz Igros  32)

SBA