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<div class="PlainText">'RARR opined that this is because lomdus makes it hard to pasqen. (And<br>
his theory seems to make a lot of sense to me.) In lomdus the focus of<br>
your learning is to see how both sides make sense. The better you are<br>
at it, the harder it is going to be to pick sides. Brisker chumeros,<br>
being machmir to be chosheish for all shitos, is a natural consequence.<br>
But pasqening requires picking a favorite. And it requires giving some<br>
level of credance to precedent, not only to how compelling one finds<br>
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<div class="PlainText">In more general terms I've never heard or seen anyone accept a posek or otherwise on the basis of his shita in learning. It seems to be more a question of overall breadth and depth of learning plus aptitude for halacha l'maaseh in the
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<div class="PlainText">So I'm not sure why anyone would accept R Weiss as a posek based on his attitude to Brisker lomdus. That's just not the criteria by which the olam is machshiv a posek. Even at RIETS. </div>
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