[Avodah] Tfillin?chol hamoed

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:30:05AM -0400, Richard Wolpoe wrote:
: My issue with this is that any traditional Ps'ak with any amount of
: consensus  can be overturned by "rayyos" from the Gemara.
: 
: I'm not accusing the GRA of abusing this prvilege, but I am saying that this
: started imho a very slippery slope.

The process as a whole is conserved by later generations (in the Gra's
case, the CI is an example; but I heard the same of the Besh"t)
declaring him a throwback to the rishonim. Thus, the Gra can go back to
the gemara and pasqen directly, but everyone else has to bow to the
precedents set by the rishonim. (Or prove their case different in some
perhaps subtle way.)

: I have also heard that the GRA hismelf warned people NOT to follow his
: unusual [ideosyncratic?] hiddushim.

I posted this too, shortly before Pesach. Anyone out there have a maqor?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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