<div dir="ltr"><p>"The problem is when a young person says, "All those authorities who have the<br>custom to say it are simply ignorant, as they are unaware of a significant<br>piece of information that I have uncovered, namely, that this custom is of<br>
Sabbatean origin. If they knew what I know, all Torah authorities without<br>exception would discontinue the saying of l'Dovid Hashem Ori during Elul. I can't<br>follow those who do say it because they simply speak out of ignorance."</p>
<p>It is this attitude which I fear may suggest or may lead in some cases to a<br>lessening of yiras Shamayim -- the subtle disparagement of Torah authorities.</p>
<div><br>--Toby Katz"</div>
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<div>Is it not ironic that when justifying a new chumra, passed generations of Gedolim are by-passed to find original sources in the codes, showing that the chumra is the proper deredch, but in finding a somewhat disreputable source for a minhag, we must defer to those very same Gedolim whom we ignored. In the former case, we justify the then prevalent lenient position as a horaat shaah, but in the later case, cannot fathom that they may not have had the information which has recently been uncovered.</div>
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<div>It just sounds like a way to justify the results we want, rather than have a consistent methodology.</div></div>