Reply To: Why is Yad Soledes Bo so Cold?

“to the comments that five degrees are not that critical. it is both illogical and disrespectful of the halakhic system.”
I don’t think you understood the context. Whatever vadai yad soledes bo is, 5 degrees less than that should feel uncomfortable, not like prime bath temperature. But, yes, you’re right: whatever YSB is, there’ll always be something 5 degress less that isn’t.

I think the thread has well established that YSB isn’t actually based on when your hand reflexively retracts. Now the question is, when and why did it become universally accepted that YSB doesn’t mean what it sounds like it means?