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<DIV><BR clear=all>That is perhaps why a beis din requires multiple points of
view<BR>Ein dan yehidi ela echad.<BR>And perhaps this explains why I favor
relying upon a consensus of poskim and while I remain skeptical of individual
poskim. Emunas Chachamim not Emunas Chacham? <BR><BR>-- <BR>Kol Tuv /
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color=#0000ff>F<SPAN class=855183614-04122007>WIW there is a difference
between a beis din and use of consensus of poskim. The maalah of beit
din (as discussed in the commentaries on horiyot for example) is more along
the lines either of the delphi technique - the back and forth of
joint analysis (or milchamta shel torah) will arrive at the correct
conclusion- or that there is a hashraat shechina (in particular the gemara
there mentions 10 - iirc the ben yehoyada states the special shruya when a
minyan is formed). While one could stretch these to consensus of poskim
who don't meet, it's at least somewhat a stretch.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=855183614-04122007>Joel
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