[Avodah] Vayoel Moshe- misrepresntations?

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 10/7/07, regalkit at aol.com <regalkit at aol.com> wrote:
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> The sefer, in my humble opinion, is full of these misrepresentations; can
> someone guide me as to how I can understand a Godol Hador's writings?
> Thank You.
> Binyomin Hirsch
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>

Having never read the sefer I cannot comment on the specifics...
Let me quote these principles on the general question:


>    - "As soon as passionate advocacy enters, reasonable judgment and
>    fair-minded balance exits"
>    - "One can be eithher an advocate for a position, or be a
>    dispassionate objective observer  but it is well-nigh impossible to  serve
>    both causes justly."
>    - "Hevu masunim bedin"
>    - and al Tadin Yehcidi, etc.
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>
Maybe the best check for any published work is constant peer review and to
never accept the position of a "gadol" by his own authority alone.

Example: The Rambam was a Gadol but he stated many controversial positions.
AFAIK only Teimanim accept his positions wholesale, Certainly R. Yosef Karo
did not.

The beauty of the Beis Yosef and the Rema is that generally they surveyed a
wide-consensus of "gedolim" and rarely relied upon a single idiosyncratic
view. I endorse that methodology wholeheartedly.  In that sense I would
satate re: myself that I am accepting of Gedolim in general and a skeptic
re: any specific Gadol 's pronouncements.

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