[Avodah] mi yamut

[Rich, Joel]

	Couldn't the posek in question have told the sho'el to ask
someone else who would pasken that the youth was dead, or would this
have been a travesty of halacha?  If so, why is it different from the
cases cited above?
	 
	Kol tuv
	Dov Kay
	
	
	
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	 Great question - I had heard the R'SZA story a while back and
discussed it with someone who was taken aback by it.  After much
discussion it was clear that he came from a background which focused on
"my way is the truth" and so felt the posek who was asked should have
given his answer immediately as "God's will".  I understood his approach
but pointed out an alternative that "God's will" is not determined until
a psak is issued on the particular case, whatever that psak is, and that
psak becomes his will as long as the halachik process is followed.  Now
how would that work if there were a Sanhedrin is an interesting
question. IIRC I  heard from a bar hachi that Sanhedrin will not
necessarily feel the need to unify all psak (it knocked my socks off).
	 
	KVCT
	Joel Rich

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