[Avodah] Waterproof S'chach? Really?

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 09:05:21AM -0400, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 06:27:42AM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
>: R' Micha Berger cited the DailyHalacha.com:
>:> Several other Poskim, however, disagreed. The Shebet Ha'levi
>:> (Rav Shemuel Wosner, contemporary) wrote that we should not be
>:> trying to "outsmart" Halacha by devising creative strategies,
>:> and we should use the same kind of Sechach that Jews have been
>:> using for generations...

>: I don't understand. Why does sentimentality trump a d'Oraisa?
> ...

> We have to know more about the idea DailyHalacha.com described as
> "outsmarting halachah"....

I thought about this repeatedly during Shabbos.

What qualifies as "outsmarting halakhah" in RSW's view? There could be
a general machloqes lying here. Does RSW have problems with Zomet-eques
angineering solutions to hilkhos Shabbos that RYSE doesn't?

(And what is heter isqa or mechiras chameitz?)

Gut Voch!
-Micha

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