[Avodah] standard opinion?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

I have not seen this new journal named "Dialogue" (a picture of the cover of the premiere issue, Spring 5771, can be seen at http://somehowfrum.blogspot.com/2011/05/dialogue-review.html), but R' Saul Newman commented:

> Furthermore, RMM claims there IS Psak when it comes to Hashkofo,
> and we need to follow the majority

I once heard the audio biography of Rav Y. B. Soloveitchik, z"l, by Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff (available from the OU at http://www.ou.org/torah/td/therav.htm). In that tape, he spoke at length of how the Rav concluded that there is NO psak in haskafa, and we do NOT need to follow the majority, and that this was the deciding factor in his breaking away from Agudah and siding with Mizrachi.

Although Rav Rakeffet did explain Rav Soloveitchik's reasoning about how he concluded that there is no psak in halacha, unfortunately, I do not remember what it was. (My vague recollection is that it had something to do with the Gemara often paskening on Halacha, but never paskening on Aggadah.) If anyone else has that tape or remembers it, it would be very relevant to this conversation.

Akiva Miller

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