<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">in relation to a comment that
a certain gadol paskened that goyim have
different numbers of teeththan jews , someone online remarked--</font>
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<td width=100% bgcolor=white><font size=1 face="Verdana">Technically speaking,
saying that Jews have a different number of teeth than non-Jews isn't irrational,
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">does a posek's belief in
what appears to be false beliefs figure in ones' assessment
of whether one should generally follow a particular posek?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">is this maybe just an eidah related
issue ie some eidot won't be bothered by such
beliefs; and other eidot would never follow such leaders anyways?<br>
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