Unfortunately, some people think that what ever a Rosh Yeshiva says is Daas Torah. Even if the Rosh Yeshiva is really a Godol doesn’t make everything he says Daas Torah. R’ Moshe that was quoted in the opening paragraph was probably talking about someone like himself. He was a godol b’torah and more significantly to us he was a Poisek. If a Poisek who’s also a Godol says something political, then people have to listen- this is true Daas Torah. If a godol (eg. Rosh Yeshiva), says something political this doesn’t automatically become Daas Torah, just like if he would pasken a shaila, it wouldn’t automatically become Halacha. The same is true vice-versa, if your local Poisek who you call just to find out your basic halachos, would say something political, doesn’t make this Daas Torah. The poisek probably doesn’t have the depth and knowledge of the torah to make everything he says Daas Torah. In every generation that Hashem created, he gave us the seichel to discern what is right or wrong; we must use it and decide ourselves how to act.
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