[Avodah] standard opinion

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:20:19PM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote:
: One of the [Mahartz Chajes's] proofs is from the Ralbach who opposed
: the re-enactment of Semicha in Safed and stated that even though he
: was a minority since he was not consulted he does not have to go along.

The fact that he had to rule out following the rov to me implies more
what I asserted -- that rov without being in the same room for "nimnu
vegameru" has /some/ weight, but isn't a hard-and-fast rule.

Or, IOW:
: The Mahartz Chajes seems to deny the concept of minority and majority
: outside of a frontal debate we occasionally hold like the minority for a
: great loss or if the minority is greater (eg bet shammai except for other
: reasons). In a Sanhedrin it is clear we follow a straight majority and dont
: take other things into account however, otherwise the minority opinion is
: always acceptable.

Are we not in agreement?

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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