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

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:03:51 +0100
"Chana Luntz" <chana at kolsassoon.org.uk> wrote:

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> Oh and yet another example the other way.  As the gedolim of the last
> few generations pass away, I seem to be hearing more and more reports of
> Ashkenazi rabbaim looking to ROY when they have a case too difficult for
> them.  The whole thing boggles my mind.  Having read now quite a lot of
> ROY teshuvos, I would be really surprised if you would get a psak from
> him where the Mechaber would be trumped by a Tosphos.  Does it matter?
> Does the quality of the gadol matter more than their derech even when it
> is so far away from what one might expect their tradition to produce?

Are they turning to him for sources and background, an area in which he
is unquestionably non-pareil, or for his hachra'ah?  Do you have any
particular examples you can mention?

Yitzhak
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