Igros Moshe (OH IV #3) Question Why did the Mishna Berura rule that a person who is awake the entire night should not say in the morning the blessing of Elokai Neshama, Bercas HaTorah and Hamavir Shaina. This is a major dispute amongst poskim and we have a rule that where there is a dispute amongst the poskim that we follow the view of Kabbala and the Ari says we should say these Berachos? Answer. It is simple and obvious that what is meant by the term Kabbala is the Zohar and Tekunei Zohar which are the words of Tannaim. While the Ari was a great man he is nonetheless just one of the many poskim that it is possible to disagree with even in Kabbala and we are not in doubt as to whom is greater. Consequently the Ari’s views are not more decisive than the other rabbis and thus in the dispute over which Berachos to say the rule is to follow the lenient view. Thus it best to hear these Berachos from another person and have in mind to fulfill the obligation in that way
Where is the origin of this rule?
ReplyDeleteIs it in the Rambam?
Where is the origin of this rule?
ReplyDeleteIs it in the Rambam?
Knesses hagedola is cited by Mishna Berura
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ReplyDeleteTherefore? What is your point?
DeleteAre you trying to reject Rav Moshe or you don't accept the halacha in general?
The rule that in case of a dispute we follow Kabbalah/Zohar is obviously a new rule, since it wasn't stated in the Rambam.
DeleteSo I am looking for when this was introduced into the system. I looked up the Knesset Hagedolah, and there is the biography, that he was at one point a sabbatean.
Then there is also the qn that remains unanswered. Rav Moshe says the deciding factor is to follow the more lenient opinion. Is that only on the dispute in this situation or in general? And what if a more lenient opinion is from a non kabbalah/zohar source?
Do you say LeDovid Hashem Ori in Elul? Also an original Sabbatean
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