Reply To: Pilpul vs. Halacha

Tabia Omer , You know the psak of the Rav Yosef Karo, If two of the poskim from Rif, Rambam and Rosh agree, he follows their ruling. So first the emphasize should be on this three. Followed by the Beis Yosef, then the Ashkenazim who are more affected by the Rosh, who was well versed in Tosfas and the other ashkenazic rishonim followed by the RMA within the Tur in Darkei Moshe. In SA, the Taz and Magen Avraham or Taz
and the Shach or Taz and Beis Shmuel or the Sma, the Taz and the Shach,