<div dir="ltr">We recently purchased a particular dietary supplement which did not have a hechsher on it, because my wife had spoken to another frum woman who said that she had asked her Rav the shaila and was told that this particular item, unflavored and pure, does not need a hechsher.<div>
<br></div><div>We were then informed by someone else that R" Eidlitz requires a hechsher on this item.</div><div><br></div><div>My question is not really about the item at hand - we'll now do more research and figure out what the story is with the particular product we bought - but whether it was OK to rely on the other woman's shaila. At what point is one allowed to say "his or her Rav says it's ok so I'm going to do it" versus personally asking (and bothering) your Rav about every shaila you might have? For example, if you go to someone's house on Shabbat and you see them doing something that you think might be assur and they assure you that they asked this exact shaila and was told that it's fine, are you now allowed to do that as well, relying on the shaila they asked, or do you always need to find out how your particular LOR paskens?<br clear="all">
<div><br></div><div>Kol Tuv,<br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Liron Kopinsky</div><div><a href="mailto:liron.kopinsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">liron.kopinsky@gmail.com</a></div></div><br>
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