[Avodah] 2 questions

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 01:21:07PM -0700, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
: 1. innuyim as ikkar hayom. would one have to say , that the ikkar
: of  the yom  is  the innuyim as oppossed  to the  tfila  aspect.
: this would  be nogea  to the issues of  eg here the Crocs...

I think the issue there is defining inui. Is inui discomfort, or a lack
of shoes for whatever reason aveilim don't wear shoes, or perhaps Moshe
Rabbeinu on Har Sinai or a kohein in the BHMQ wouldn't wear shoes?

I'm reminded of the machloqes about the minimum height of a mechitzah --
is 10 tefachim defning a new reshus enough, or does one have to accomplish
what one would intuitively think is the point of mechitzah?

FWIW, R' Elyashiv didn't say assur. He expressed a preference that one
not switch to something *more* comfortable than regular Yom Tov shoes.
YNetnews translated it as, "It is permissible legalistically, but it
is inadvisable."

...
: 2. in re shabbat elevators, what new scientific information was just
: revealed that  now these distinguished  poskim now  sign onto--- this 
: info  is apparently  contradictory to the Tzomet institute's  info......

If you followed RYLevine's later posts to Areivim, it turns out that R'
Elyashiv didn't agree to this one, and it's unclear the quality of the
electrical engineering that the rabbis who did sign it were provided with.

It sounds like the information isn't new, it's simply incorrect.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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