On 10/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dov Bloom</b> <<a href="mailto:dovb@netvision.net.il">dovb@netvision.net.il</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>> He brings down Rashbam, Baal HaMaor, Rashbash, Behag, Baal HaItur and others. His conclusion "HaMachmir tavo alav beracha ve'hameikel lo hifsid".<br><br>A far cry from how some rabbanim relate this year to produce from heter mechira.
<br><br></blockquote></div><br>A Rabbinic colleague of mine once remarked to me - Have you ever read the Gaomin? It's Mamash a different religion!<br><br>I responded that there is probably a similar of gap between Rishonim and Ahcharonim.
<br><br><div style="text-align: center;">Illustrations<br></div><ol><li>Shavuos. No rishon AFAIK [tough to prove a negative] ever holds that Shauvos night has to wait for Temimos [either for Kidush - as per MGA; or for davening as per Taz/MB]. The Tur and nos'ei keilim, Mechaber, and Rema do not mention it at all. .
</li><li>2 vs. 3 matzos at the Seder night. The Gra revived the more-or-less dead custom of 2 matzos on the Seder night even though BY hismelf contra to Rif/Rambam followed Tosafos/Rosh.</li><li>Tosafos// BeHeG require NO waiting between meat and milk. Rema codifies 1 hour. - though he RECOMMENDS [nachon] to wait 6. Chochmas Adam, Shach and others take anything less that n 6 hours as some kind of major deviation against
Halachah.h, even though yekes were doing 3 at that time and Dutch only 1 [as per Rema]. Rav Forst hs fvery strong words for those who have no family minhag -even though he himslef is a yekke! What shifted? Why can't people rely upon Tosafos or Rema?
<br></li><li>Women reading the Megillah:</li><ol><li>The BY frames the machlokes of women reading Megilla for men as follows: Rashi and others say it is definitely OK for women to leinfor men. BeHaG and others say women may read for women but NEVER for men
<br> BUT </li><li> Acharonim have morphed this into a MUCh harsher position viz. Women CERTAINLY may not read for men, the question and debate remains may
they read for other women? Rav JB Soloveichik is on record as saying NO -
based upon his rfead of said BeHaG. But the BY above saw the very same BeHAG and saw the
disabliity as limited to reading for men but not for women. What shifted?</li></ol></ol><br>It seems that at the Chasimas Shuchan Aruch [SA] many Acharonim often started heading in a new direction, one that is not so based upon precedent. Levush seems somewhat Traditional and the Aruch Hashulchan even more so. Other Acharonim seem to come up with a brand new point of view on many points. It's like the Tur v'sayasso were no longer a factor in Halacah. Not to mention the Rambam and the Rif.
<br><br><br> <br>Gmar Tov<br>Best Wishes for 5768,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>Please Visit: <br><a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/
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