[Avodah] judging

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

RET
> 1. Someone who is confined to his home especially shabbat. Should
> one find a heter to allow him to go out eg various electronic devices
> that rely on heterim. RSZA was a big backer of Tzomet to find halachic
> ways to increase the person's oneg shabbat. R Elyashiv seemed to oppose
> this on the grounds that why use a heter when he can just stay home and
> daven there. A minyan or social life and oneg shabbat are not grounds
> for seeking heterim

Tangent:
RCA published a pamphlet on the manhattan eruv from R MM Kasher et
al. (Circa 1985)

Two points were made that iirc were not unconnected within the pamphlet
but I connected them..

1 a woman shut-in by her babies on shabbos is considered a case of
sha'as Hadechak
2 relying on that old eruv was permitted by some posqim ONLY bishas
hadechak

Synthesis:
Shut-ins COULD rely on that eruv, but people taking a Tallis or siddur
to shul could not.

KT
RRW
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