[Avodah] Who Said This? How could he say that?

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Meir Rabi <meirabi at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is one of the Rishonim who said that if not for being intimidated he
> would have ruled that Chamets is Battel on Pesach as per the regulat
> guidelines of Bittul, BUT he was worried of being labelled as that Rabbi The
> Meikel.
>
> Rabbenu Tam. quoted by Rabbeinu Peretz Pesachim second chapter.
>
> Question:  How could he say that?
> This is Assur, the judges and the rabbi s are instructed NOT to be
> intimidated but to state their opinion without prejudice or fear?
>
> meir
>
>
I believe this is the [alleged] P'saq of the Sh'eiltos

What Rabbeinu Tam and others have done IMHO is simple
They told everyone how they held
BUT they deferred to the consensus anyway
Either out of humility or as a POLICY - probably so as not to play the
REBEL.

Of course one may ask  that posqim do play the role of Rebel at times...  I
would venture that they pick their fights and do so only in extraordinary
cases.



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