<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="">I don’t know anyone else who seriously tries to dissect the “Libi Omer Li”. </div></div></blockquote> ———-<div>Rabbi Asher Weiss often uses the phrase when describing a position which is not based on concrete sources, especially when it’s due to new technology or circumstances. I’ve usually heard it referred to as halachic intuition. </div><div>If one looks outside the Yeshiva they’ll find that this is a subject of much study in the Academy. Here’s one example what their tons more. <a href="https://www.livescience.com/54825-scientists-measure-intuition.html">https://www.livescience.com/54825-scientists-measure-intuition.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>The bottom line is intuition may be simply the subconscious accumulation of a lifetime‘s worth of experiences.</div><div><br></div><div>My own footnote is that I believe it is on this basis that those who say anybody who has seen anything outside the Torah world is not fit to be a posek because their intuition has been affected by outside sources. Of course, I would argue just the opposite but that’s for another time. </div><div><br></div><div>Kt</div><div>Joel rich </div><div><br></div></body></html>