<div dir="ltr"><div>R Micha, your lengthy erudite post does not address the Chatos issue we were discussing. </div><div><br></div><div> These Laws of Chatos indicate that the duty is almost always upon the people to bring their own Chatos.</div>
<div><br></div><div> For BD to bring a Chatos and exempt the people from their obligation to bring their own, we can only be astounded at the conditions that must be met. We can only be astounded at the enormity of the duty that HKBH places upon us as individuals to be responsible for the decisions we take and act upon.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> BD’s ruling must be unanimous.</div><div> a.<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If even one Dayan argues that the ruling is wrong, BD will not bring their Chatos when they some time later recognise that they made a mistake, notwithstanding that Gd instructs us to follow the majority ruling of the BD.</div>
<div><br></div><div>B)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Even if BD rules unanimously, they will not bring their Chatos if their Pesak is not accepted by the majority of the people.</div><div><br></div><div>C)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Even if BD rules unanimously and the Pesak is accepted by the majority of the people, those who know that BD erred are not exempted by the BD’s Chatos but must bring their own.</div>
<div> a.<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Now this is a most curious ruling since a Chatos is not offered for a wilful sin and here the sinner has known that BD erred and must therefore be a wilful sinner.</div>
<div> The Gemara and Poskim therefore explain that this person sinned in erroneously thinking that it is a Mitzvah to follow BD’s Pesak even when BD has erred.<br></div><div><br></div><div> But this person is mistaken. </div>
<div> It is wrong to follow BD when we know they are wrong, even though they have considered our argument and rejected it by an overwhelming majority.</div><div><br></div>
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