[Avodah] Apikores?

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

> R' Zev Sero wrote:
> <Because now we know better.  Many rishonim lived before the discovery
> > of the Zohar, and all lived before the AriZal and the Baal Shem Tov,
> > so they were missing information.  The AriZal was taught by Eliyahu
> > Hanavi, and the Baal Shem Tov by Achiyah Hashiloni, and therefore
> knew
> > things that had been completely forgotten in previous generations.
R' Marty Bluke: 
> 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 girsa
> it doesn't matter, that version was accepted by the mesora. The
> statement above about how we now know better completely contradicts
> this Chazon Ish.


OTOH, the Mishnah Berurah - who often quotes Rabbeinu Chananel - seemingly
disagreed with the Chazon Ish.

KT,
MYG