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Moshe5300,

Calm your liver! You weren’t relying on Rav Belsky ztl before either! Do you think the Rosh Yeshiva ztl went to all 7000+ plants across the world????? CERTAINLY NOT!

What you need to know is how the organization handles things so I will try and explain it based on how it was told to me. First of all, NOT everything is a shayala! 90% is common sense along with a knowledge of halocha which B’H the OU’s rabonim in the office and the field know. Second of all, IF there is a shayla someplace, they would refer to a database of shaylas which have been asked over the years to see if that shayla came up before and how they paskened. If there is an answer with a good tzushtel to this issue, they could go with it, if not, off to #3.

Third, the shayla would be posed to the OU poskim, which consisted of Rav Belsky ztl and yb’lch Rabbi Genack and Rav Hershel Shachter, g’dolim in shas and poskim. They would issue their p’sak. The Rosh HaPoskim didnt agree on everything however they held each other in the highest esteem. They would also try and work it out so that the Rov who “lost” would be happy with the way the issue was handled in the plants.

Dont worry, they are in good hands!