[Avodah] KSA

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:54 AM, <JoshHoff at aol.com> wrote:

>  In a message dated 8/7/2008 5:48:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> avodah-request at lists.aishdas.org writes:
>
> , Aug 6, 2008 at 12:21am EDT, R Moshe Y. Gluck wrote to Areivim:
> :           the Kitzur considered all the opinions that came before him,
> and
> : he paskened accordingly.
>
>  Actually,there is a letter by R. Ganzfried in which he writes that his
> system for deciding the halacha in KSA was to look at the Chayei Adam,
> Derech HaChaim,and Shulchan Aruch HoRav,  and follow the majority
> opinion.Btw, R. Ganzfried was a great lamdan, as witness, for example, his
> Lechem VeSimlah, in which,as Rav Aharon Soloveichik often pointed out, he
> says sevaros in Hilchos Mikvaos that were later said by R. Chaim Brisker.
>

Q: And so why did such a Lamdan defer to Chayei Adam et. al.
A: IMHO he strived for an objective view of Halachah - as opposed to be
using a subjective view.

Or to put this in a more politcally incorrect way:
Does the Poseik subject HIMSELF to the Halchah or perhaps vice versa.



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