[Avodah] hoist by his editor's petard

[David Riceman]

I wrote (some time ago):
> I've started leafing through the Rogatchover haggadah.  There's 
> something there relevant to a subject we discussed several years ago.
>
> What value is a psak lacking explanation? Rabbi Rosen (p. 22 column 2) 
> rules that it lacks precedential value: "horaah kol zman shelo 
> nisbarer lanu ta'amo ein tzarich lachush l'dvarav klal.  Ki haoser 
> v'hamtamei tzarich l'havi ra'ayah".
>
> Ironically the editor doesn't cite Rabbi Rosen's explanation.  The 
> source is "Likutei basar Likutei, ed. R. Y. Mandelkern, letter 8, pp. 
> 49-50".  Does anyone have access to this book? If so, can you post the 
> reasoning?
I still haven't found Rabbi Rosen's explanation, but see BB 107b "Amar 
Rav Ashi: Ta'ama d'aherim lo yad'inan, hilchasa avdinan k'vasayyhu?" 
[Rashbam: "b't'miah"].

David Riceman