The Hazon Ish’s Explanation of Prohibitions Attributed to the Sages
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The Hazon Ish’s Explanation of Prohibitions Attributed to the Sages
Posted on 3/7/2012
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The Hazon Ish’s Explanation of Prohibitions Attributed to the Sages
Today I wrote the following request in the wish-list thread:
Some time ago, the Hazon Ish’s remarks were mentioned here on the forum, in which he explained the phenomenon that many halakhic decisors prohibit matters on a rabbinic basis, even though there is no evidence whatsoever that there was a duly constituted sitting of a court with a quorum that prohibited them. At first glance this is puzzling, for a decree or enactment has no force unless it was actually enacted/decreed. The Hazon Ish explains that this operates through a mechanism of an implied enactment or decree.
Does anyone know/remember the source in which his remarks appear? Or perhaps other sources that explain this?
I would appreciate it if someone would answer me.
[The thread developed, as the opening poster had hoped, into a discussion of the substantive issue itself. Therefore the title was corrected and the comments relating to the wish-list thread were removed. The writer’s note regarding the wish-list thread was moved to a discussion with the Council of Torah Sages here. No one is promising an answer, but it is worth trying. M. Mishneh]
Source (forum “Stop Here, We Think”): http://www.bhol.co.il/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=2966345