[Avodah] Asking your own shailas

[Danny Schoemann]

> At what point is one allowed to say "his or her Rav says it's ok so I'm
> going to do it" versus personally asking (and bothering) your Rav
>  about every shaila you might have? For example, if you go to 
> someone's house on Shabbat and you see them doing something
> that you think might be assur and they assure you that they asked
>  this exact shaila and was told that it's fine, are you now allowed to
> do that as well, relying on the shaila they asked, or do you always 
> need to find out how your particular LOR paskens?

>From what I recall of Horiyos, if you suspect something isn't allowed then
you cannot rely on your "source" and you would be held accountable for
following such.

The only possible exception would if a Bet Din published a Psak for public
consumption.   

But - I assume - if you have no reason to believe their Psak is wrong
("something that you think might be assur") then we have the general rule
that "one witness is believed for Issurim".

- Danny