<div dir="ltr">The most recent edition of the Zohar magazine has several articles dedicated to RAL.<div>One article is by R Shmuel David (chief rabbi of Afula) containing oral psakim to him by RAL</div><div>Below are several examples</div><div><br></div><div>He stresses that RAL did not consider himself a posek and in the yeshiva R Amital was the posek. Though RAL was baki in Bacli, Yerushalmi and Rishonim (including relatively less studied ones as Raaviyah etc) he claimed that he no mesorah from his rebbeim for psak even though he knew by heart every Schach in YD and CM..</div><div><br></div><div>In general when talmidim came to him with questions he would present both sides of the psak and say it was up to the talmid to study more and come to his own conclusion.</div><div><br></div><div>Some samples</div><div><br></div><div>RAL wore tzizit out only partially - he said that neither of his rebbeim wore tzizit out but today everyone does so that is his compromise.</div><div>He was convinced by the arguments for techelet but again his rebbeim didnt use them and so he didn't either.</div><div>He was very insistent on dipping bread in salt</div><div>safek brachot le-hakel applies only if one is in doubt. However if one studies the issue and comes to a conclusion it is not a safek.</div><div>If a (Jewish) driver asks directions on shabbat RYBS held one should answer to limit the driver from extra driving. RAL preferred to avoid causing explicit chilul shabbat</div><div><br></div><div>RAL (together with RYBS) was very insistent that one who shaves regularly should shave during chol hamoed and the sfirah. He quoted RMF that allowed it but said a "yereih shamayon" should not shave. RAL said he didn't understand on the contrary a yirei shamayim should be careful of "zilzul" of the chag. For the 3 weeks he originally held the same but later stopped shaving even erev shabbat</div><div>On Chanukah the candles should last until the last passerbys have gone home (what about times square?)</div><div>On Purim one can eat cake after the fast before the megillah if fasting would cost loss of concentration.</div><div>A newborn with a heart condition but the doctor says that a brit milah would be no danger. RAL paskened to nevertheless push off the milah until after the operation.</div><div>He brought down that RYBS would use "kavod habriyot" as a reason for heter but would always "wrap" it other reasons for heter.</div><div>Campaigns for bone marrow that would include giving to nonJews - RAL answer was that Avraham avinu would do it so why not everyone</div><div>When driving he would pick up even if they were not Jewish. He was once asked by several girls for a ride back home and he hesitated about one man with many girls but it is on public roads. He decided that gemilat chassadim overrode his doubts.</div><div>RAL said there was no problem with women wearing pants as long as they were not tight</div><div>He allowed a young couple to use contraception for a short time while they finish their studies. He said that was preferable to pushing off the marriage.</div><div>Originally he thought one should not leave EY to visit Jewish communities abroad, He later saw that poskim allowed travel abroad for a livelihood even when it was beyond bare necessities. So he decided that visiting Jewish communities is as much of a reason as going for luxuries.</div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div>Another interesting article was on a shiur RAL gave numerous times in the Gush on "Talmudic methodology" . The author noted that though RAL used and extended Brisker methods when he did pasken it was not on that basis but on previous psak including mishna berura</div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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