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<DIV><BR> <BR>Couldn't the posek in question have told the sho'el to ask
someone else who would pasken that the youth was dead, or would
this have been a travesty of halacha? If so, why is it
different from the cases cited above?<BR> <BR>Kol tuv<BR>Dov
Kay<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=156205014-24092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3> Great question - I had heard the R'SZA story a while back
and discussed it with someone who was taken aback by it. After much
discussion it was clear that he came from a background which focused on "my
way is the truth" and so felt the posek who was asked should have given his
answer immediately as "God's will". I understood his approach
but pointed out an alternative that "God's will" is not determined until a
psak is issued on the particular case, whatever that psak is, and that
psak becomes his will as long as the halachik process is followed. Now
how would that work if there were a Sanhedrin is an interesting question. IIRC
I heard from a bar hachi that Sanhedrin will not necessarily feel the
need to unify all psak (it knocked my socks off).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=156205014-24092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>KVCT<BR>Joel Rich</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><br><br><table bgcolor=white style="color:black"><tr><td><br>THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE <br>
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