[Avodah] daas torah and voting

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 06:34:28PM -0500, Rich, Joel wrote:
:> RDC's sources are given in fn 11. The Maharil (shu"t #161), Maharal
:> and Rivash write that a visiting rav may not assume the mantle of
:> leadership. What does that say about the local rav? See Rema YD 245:22.

: Pretty late in history and in an offhand manner for what would have
: seemed a very basic concept and it still doesn't address where the
: authority to make such a change in power structure flows from.

Without having access to RDC's work directly, I can not claim we have
entire argument. I therefore question your argument from silence.

Also, clearly the Rama thought the evidence was sufficient. You asked
where RDC would get such a thing from, that's different than questioning
where the Rama did.

And, if the proof is from the explicit exclusion of foreign rabbanim,
it would seem that the civil leadership of the local rav was taken for
granted beyond the need for discussion!

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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