Timeline for Why are challenges to respected rabbis not treated seriously?
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| Aug 19, 2014 at 20:07 | vote | accept | rosenjcb | ||
| May 21, 2014 at 15:49 | comment | added | Baby Seal | @DoubleAA mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et2826.htm | |
| May 21, 2014 at 15:48 | comment | added | Baby Seal | @DoubleAA isn't there an idea about responding to fools sometimes but not others in Proverbs or something like that? I'm fairly certain that people aren't making this evaluation when they are asked such questions, But I think there is definitely a Torah idea about not answering certain questioners because of how they question. | |
| May 21, 2014 at 12:17 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @Jewels Except no one ever talked about affecting real practice. | |
| May 21, 2014 at 7:46 | comment | added | Jewels | @DoubleAA, while it may be true that חמירא סכנתא מאיסורא I think that the message of Yoni's analogy is still very cogent - there is a clear distinction between asking a theoretical question and having that question effect real practice. Claiming חמירא סכנתא מאיסורא ignores the real message that Yoni is trying to convey, no analogy is ever perfect down to all the fine details | |
| May 21, 2014 at 6:02 | history | edited | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2014 at 5:19 | history | edited | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2014 at 5:16 | comment | added | Yoni | @DoubleAA I believe that the tone of OP is lacking humility; using worlds like "Challenge" and "disagree" are silly when a novice has a question for an expert. When asked with humility, you demonstrate that you are serious and not "lekanter" -- to intimidate. So the questioner needs to ask questions appropriately and find the right people to ask. | |
| May 21, 2014 at 5:08 | history | edited | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2014 at 5:08 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | But who cares? Why not answer the question?? (If whoever is asked the question is dismayed then shame on him for being silly.) | |
| May 21, 2014 at 5:05 | comment | added | Yoni | @DoubleAA I know you strive to be careful with the words you use. Perhaps the OP doesn't distinguish between psak vs opinion and question vs disagreement and words are used flexibly. Whoever is asked questions by the OP will likely be dismayed at the tone of the questions as well....because WORDS MEAN SOMETHING...oops sorry for shouting but that's not even semantics. ;-) | |
| May 21, 2014 at 5:01 | history | edited | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2014 at 4:57 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | I still don't see how this answers the question. Are you saying that brash people deserve to be responded to by avoiding the question? | |
| May 21, 2014 at 4:53 | comment | added | Yoni | @rosenjcb My heart goes out to you if when you ask a question with humility you get "pushback". If that is the case, you need to ask people who don't feel intimidated by your questions. | |
| May 21, 2014 at 4:48 | comment | added | rosenjcb | Yes, I'm not saying that anyone is acting on a psak. You can have problems with a psak and still act on it. I do that all the time. Plus, that's how I never hear it worded. In other words, I never hear, "Well, there's a better chance that you're misunderstanding some fundamental issue with this halachic question than that you managed to trump this gadol. So, for practical reasons, you should still act on the p'sak." | |
| May 21, 2014 at 4:47 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | Your doctor analogy is misleading because חמירא סכנתא מאיסורא and no one said they were acting on their new made up opinion. It's מלחמתה של תורה. | |
| May 21, 2014 at 4:37 | history | edited | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2014 at 4:30 | history | answered | Yoni | CC BY-SA 3.0 |