[Avodah] following mesorah

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Rich Wolpoe asked:

> This question is somewhat rhetorical
>
> Given this how can we make a bracha on any given sheeta of Tefillin?
> OR
> IOW via what mechanics can we defitively settle this post-Tallmudic
> dispute decisively enough to overcome "s'feiq brachos lehaqeil"?

Sounds pretty simple to me. If your tradition, or that of your teachers, or that of your parents, or that of your posek, holds that one of those shitos is the ikar, then there's no longer any safek, and no problem making the bracha. For example, see Pirkei Avos 1:16.

Akiva Miller

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