<div dir="ltr">I wish to point out that in many other areas poskim did not take phraseology literally. Perhaps the best case is safek pikuach nefesh on shhabat. The halacha states that even a remote pikuach nefesh overrides shabbat. The question arises what does the word "remote" mean. If one takes it literally then almost everything is allowed on shabbat.<div>
Thus, R. Elyashiv (heard from R. Zilberstein) defines it as more than 1/10,000.</div><div>OTOH RSZA defines but what the ordinary person would take into account in daily life.</div><div>None of these poskim take the phrase literally</div>
<div><br></div><div>RSZA also does not account for sparks in motors on shabbat since these sparks are not seen and dont have heat that can be felt. Hence, even though the gemara does not give a minimum shiur to "hav-arah" nevertheless something too meaningless doesnt count.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We have already brought many times that microscopic material is not accounted for by halacha even though it is not mentioned by chazal. Anything outside the normal perception of humans is ignored by halacha.<br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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