[Avodah] maharat

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 07/06/17 18:53, Rich, Joel wrote:
>> I'm curious; is this really true? Do MO poskim truly claim that
>> this is no longer the halacha?! On what basis could they possibly say this
> Not really. They basically say either that there are other 
> tiebreakers come first or that the conditions are such that it
> would be difficult to implement But don't explain exactly why.

That's what I thought too.  I was surprised to read RNS not only 
insisting otherwise but deducing an entire shita from this supposed fact.

In practise I doubt it was ever meant to be implemented kipshuto, 
because even on its own terms it applies only when all else is equal, 
and it rarely is.  But it seems to me that when all else *is* equal, 
i.e. when we have no other information so all else is zero, and we are 
free to set our own priorities without fearing negative consequences 
(that too constitutes additional information which makes all else not 
equal), then the halacha must still apply.

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