On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 10:59:46PM +0200, Eli Turkel wrote: :> 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!>> : taken for granted by whom? We were discussing the Rama citing shu"t Maharil, no? Tir'u baTov! -Micha