John Doe said:
Simple question. How come the leading Poskim, Gedolim, and Admorim of our time don’t wear it if it is the read deal.
Some names (no order whatsoever) – please feel free to add to them:
Rav Chaim Kanievsky (He wrote in a letter that he’s somaich on his shver and Rebeim for this.)
Rav Elyashiv (He almost always paskins relies on what other people tell him for the “metzius”‘ as he said if he would have to research all the facts himself he wouldn’t be able to pasken at all. He wrote a teshuva (???? ?????? ?”? ??’ ?) on the question posed by Harav Feival Cohen asking if the fact that ?????? say that something is ????, disregarding the actual “rayayos”, is a good reason to wear.
??? ????”? responded that being this is the 3rd conclusion they have no ??????. His ????? were asked about what this third ???? was (Rav Herzog never actually reached any conclusions; he toyed with the janthina however concluded it wasn’t it, because among other things it couldn’t produce dye. See ????? ?????? ????? ??’ ?????) the response was Dr. Saul Kaplan from Rechovot, an american “hippy” who claims Rabbi Nach-man helped him produce a blue dye from the janthina however refuses to release his process lest he lose his patent.)
Rav Wosner (rumors he weares privtely wears ??”?)
Rav Aron Leib Shteinman (not a poseik)
Chacham Ovadia Yosef
Rav Dovid Feinstein (he said you need a mesora, however when asked if he could be ?????, he asked a talmid who was already ????? he told him it wasn’t worthwhile based on Rav Elyashiv.)
Rav Reuven Feinstein (said he doesn’t know the topic.)
Bobover Rebbe (both)
Satmar Rebbe (both)
Gur Rebbe
Belz Rebbe
Viznits Rebbe (both)
Rachmanstrivka Rebbe (both)
Rav Shmuel Aurbach (acc. to a tamid he wers one privately)
Rav Yaakov Hillel (said Arizal says can’t have it today)
Rav Dovid Abuchatzeira
Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg (not on even ONE of his 300 pairs of Tzitzis)(dose wears one acc. to Rav Nisson Kaplan’s techeles shiur)
Stolin Rebbe
Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva (all 4) (Rav Makiel said he doesn’t wear because his father didn’t but volunteered that it’s not a good reason because he didn’t have the murex. When asked again he said doesn’t know the inyanim)
Lakewood Mashgiach (says we need a mesora)
Rav Shlomo Miller (wrote a teshuva: http://www.tekhelet.com/pdf/miller.pdf
see the response by ????? ????? ?? ???’ ????: http://www.tekhelet.com/pdf/tavger_miller_2.pdf )
Rav Gamliel Rabinovitch (owns a pair)
Chasidus Chabad
Rav Herschel Shachter (wrote there’s a chiyuv to wear in his sefer ???? ????)
Rav Yisroel Belskey (He wears and tells whoever is able to to go through the sugia themself)
Rav Yechezkel Roth (owns a pair hearsay)
Rav Chaim Epstein (says he doesn’t do wht his father didn’t. ??? It doesn’t make sense & was probably just to push the guy away)
Rav Aaron Feldman
Rav Shmuel Kaminetzky (Says he doesn’t kow the topic)
Rav Fishel Hershkowitz
Rav Aaron Schecter (Says he heard the proof’s strong but we must have a psak from ????”? ?????? for such a great change)
Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel (Wears ?????? as a ?????, doesn’t like when you ask him so ask people slose to him)
Recently niftar gedolim:
Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (not a posek
Rav Koppleman same
Rav Menashe Klein
Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel dito