The postings are fascinating ( I did not know about Rav Ovadia Josef’s words) but , unfortunately, “ho gufo kashya”. It is clear that all the posters are talking about a PSAK halocho on a matter of HALOCHO (otherwise, the matter of a korbon and the whole discussion about the sanhedrin is moot). The problem TODAY is that that this rule (follow the chachomim- even if right is left) has been applied to “milei de’alma” ,matters of every day stuff. Clearly, the sifrei, the gemoro in the jerushalmi never intended this to become a blanket endorsement of every word that a talmid chochom or a “baal horaah” says. This has now been corrupted in insisting that every utterance of “godol’ must be followed. The discussion on this post proves otherwise.
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