<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">The Maharat thread got me thinking about this, but it is a bit of a tangent, hence the new thread.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It seems common knowledge that if one relies on a psak from a musmach, then he (the Rav) is responsible for any errors, whereas when relying on the halachic guidance of a non-musmach, the listener is on his or her own. Where does this idea come from altogether? It is certainly not obvious to me that it should be the case, and I don’t recall that it is mentioned in the classical sources regarding smicha.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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