Contradictory Messages on the Site

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Answered by Aaron Abadi

You say... "have led me to wonder about how accurate this assertion is" Isn't that a bit agressive, considering that you did not yet even ask us. STAM Keilim can be used to eat something LeChatchilah. The whole concept of STAM Keilim can only fit in a scenario of Bediavad, which means once it is done already. A case of LeChatchilah would be where a pot was not kosher and you wanted to go use it. In that case, you would be required to Kasher it. It is OK not to understand this, but certainly not OK to make accusations. Onion is not a Davar Charif, but even on that chance that it is, it does not apply in real life, because it needs to be cut in a Keli Rishon. Rather than spell out a two page speech on each question, I write it is not Charif. It is almost impossible to apply. The elevator answer came straight from my father. I did not see CYA's response on that, but if he said it was a problem, it just means that he didn't hear that Psak, and was under an impression that it was no good. If someone sees a contradiction or what they think might be a contradiction, we welcome their comments. If we made a mistake, we appreciate the assistance. No one wants a bad Psak on their shoulders. Anyone familiar with the ways of Psak will know that it is not always the same Psak from the same Rav himself. The Gemara has terms "In Velav Verafia Beyodey," and similar. There will be times when either one of us might be quoting a Psak that was recently retracted. On Yom Kippur time, I wrote that Deodorant is allowed. Everyone jumped down my throat, and showed me that my father's own Sefer says that it is not allowed. I knew that I heard from my father that it was OK. I faxed the issue to my father, and he sent me a follow-up Teshuva, retracting his previous one. He will print it into his next Sefer. Any Rav that never changes his mind on a Psak is probably a bit too stubborn. Rav Moshe Feinstein once was having an argument in his Shiur on a Halachic issue. The student was adamantly disagreeing with Rav Moshe, and he went to the shelf, brought out one of Rav Moshe's own Seforim, to show him that he himself (Rav Moshe) wrote the opinion like the student. Rav Moshe looked it over and said, "I argue on that." He was arguing on his own opinion. This is the way of the Torah. If someone sees a discrepency, we welcome the comment, question, or request of clarification. If something needs to be corrected, we'll do that immediately. But no need for accusations. AA