[Avodah] New king

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R'n TK:
When there is a machlokes in Chazal that has halachic implications, we are
not entitled to personal opinions.  You can't follow Bais Shammai re Chanuka
lights, for example, just because that appeals to you.  You have to follow
halachic process and ask shailos etc.
 


Not sure that's true. See Rashi, Chagigah 3b (on top), and the Hakdamah to
Yam Shel Shlomo on Bava Kama (also, IIRC the Hakdamah to Chullin). 
Akeidas Yitzchok (Sha'ar 12) and R' Dessler (volume 3, page 353) are also
pertinent.


KT,
MYG