[Avodah] heter mechira produce

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 10/2/07, Dov Bloom <dovb at netvision.net.il> wrote:
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> > He brings down Rashbam, Baal HaMaor, Rashbash, Behag, Baal HaItur and
> others. His conclusion "HaMachmir tavo alav beracha ve'hameikel lo hifsid".
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> A far cry from how some rabbanim relate this year to produce from heter
> mechira.
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>
A Rabbinic colleague of mine once remarked  to me - Have you ever read the
Gaomin? It's Mamash a different religion!

I responded that there is probably a similar of gap between Rishonim and
Ahcharonim.

Illustrations

   1. Shavuos.  No rishon AFAIK [tough to prove a negative] ever holds
   that Shauvos night has to wait for Temimos [either for Kidush - as per MGA;
   or for davening as per Taz/MB].  The Tur and nos'ei keilim, Mechaber, and
   Rema do not mention it at all. .
   2. 2 vs. 3 matzos at the Seder night. The Gra revived the more-or-less
   dead custom of 2 matzos on the Seder night even though BY hismelf contra to
   Rif/Rambam followed Tosafos/Rosh.
   3. Tosafos// BeHeG require NO waiting between meat and milk.  Rema
   codifies 1 hour.  - though he RECOMMENDS [nachon] to wait 6.  Chochmas Adam,
   Shach and others take anything less that n 6 hours as some kind of major
   deviation against Halachah.h, even though yekes were doing 3 at that
   time and Dutch only 1 [as per Rema]. Rav Forst hs fvery strong words for
   those who have no family minhag -even though he himslef is a yekke! What
   shifted?  Why can't people rely upon Tosafos or Rema?
   4. Women reading the Megillah:
      1. The BY frames the machlokes of women reading Megilla for men
      as follows: Rashi and others say it is definitely OK for women to leinfor
      men. BeHaG and others say women may read for women but NEVER for men
       BUT
      2.  Acharonim have morphed this into a MUCh harsher position
      viz. Women CERTAINLY may not read for men, the question and
debate remains
      may they read for other women?  Rav JB Soloveichik is on record
as saying NO
      -  based upon his rfead of said BeHaG. But the BY above saw the very same
      BeHAG and saw the disabliity as limited to reading for men but not for
      women. What shifted?


It seems that at the Chasimas Shuchan Aruch [SA] many Acharonim often
started heading in a new direction, one that is not so based upon
precedent.  Levush seems somewhat Traditional and the Aruch Hashulchan even
more so. Other Acharonim seem to come up with a brand new point of view on
many points. It's like the Tur v'sayasso were no longer a factor in Halacah.
Not to mention the Rambam and the Rif.



Gmar Tov
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