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At 06:43 PM 4/20/2021, Micha Berger wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Just a general reminder that
Ask-the-Rabbi articles are nowhere near<br>
as valuable as actually having a poseiq of one's own. "Asei lekha
rav"!</blockquote><br>
I think this statement requires modification and elaboration to read
"having a qualified (or competent) posek of one's
own."<br><br>
Rav Shimon Schwab, ZT"L, says that a Torah scholar must have secular
knowledge. See
<a href="https://web.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/these_and_those.pdf">
<font face="arial"><b>These</a></font><font face="arial" size=4>
</font>
<a href="https://web.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/these_and_those.pdf">
<font face="arial">and Those</a></b></font> beginning on page
13.<br><br>
Also, I doubt that one will find any rov who is competent to pasken
ALL sheilos. At times, very specialized knowledge is required
that most rabbonim do not have.<br><br>
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