https://cross-currents.com/2014/02/10/rav-schachters-bright-line-rule-on-halachic-innovation/
Rav Schachter begins with trenchant criticism of those who write teshuvos when they are not qualified to do so. Not everyone who has learned in yeshiva, or even in kollel, or received semicha, he says, is authorized to write responsa. To be considered the gemara’s magia le’hora’ah / one who has attained the stature and background necessary to pasken new questions, a candidate’s learning need be balanced. People who lean excessively to the side of kula, or to the side of chumrah, cannot properly write teshuvos.
This is the real intent of the gemara. When our souls are filled with enthusiasm to draw closer to Hashem and we hit upon activities that we think will best express our love for Him, we need to pause. Any such activity needs to be scrutinized by “recognized gedolei Torah.” They are the embodiment of the zikeinim that the gemara references in Shabbos. Without their approval, any such activity may be devoid of any real meaning.
> Any such activity needs to be scrutinized by “recognized gedolei Torah.”
ReplyDeleteHow curious that "recognized gedolei Torah" then only come from one part of the Jewish community.
But not many people accept rav weinberg, rav sr Hirsch on kol isha, despite them being greater than anyone who lived in the last few decades.
ReplyDeleteAs is clearly stated in the tshuva it is a primarily a cultural issue not halacha
ReplyDeleteIt's a heter , which is halacha , based on the socio-religious state of Jews in Western society. your claim is like saying heter isska is not halacha but an economic correction.
ReplyDeleteNot every claim of heter is automatically assumed to be valid
ReplyDeleteIt's a halachic heter, agree with it or not. Not a purely socio economic measure.
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