<div dir="ltr">We all know the opposition of CI to new manuscripts including R. Chananel as being unreliable. I recently saw in an article by R. Brodt a list of many achronim that indeed do rely on R. Chananel including the Mishneh Bruruah, Cheshek Shlomo and R. Isser Zalman Meltzer.<div>
In particular Avodat Hamelech extensively uses R. Chananel to explain difficult Rambam's on the assumption that Rambam frequently follows the opinion of R. Chananel.</div><div><br></div><div>In summary it would seem that the opinion of CI is a singular opinion. Especially with the passage of time it has become a standard perush on gemara.<br>
<div><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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