[Avodah] Street Minyanim/sh'as hadchak

[Zev Sero]

I would argue that in all those cases, the fact that we can rely on an 
opinion in an emergency means that we *really* hold that the halacha 
permits this, but since there is so much opposition to it we may not 
rely on it in normal circumstances.  If it is at all possible we should 
do better than that, and satisfy more opinions.  Only when we have no 
other choice will we fall back on the basic halacha.

Again, this appears to me to be  merely a question of terminology; what 
do we mean by the term "ikar hadin".  I'm using it one way, you're using 
it another way, so we appear to disagree when in fact we're using 
different words for the same thing.

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