Still waiting for a source for a heter. Anyone?
Aaq, chazal say to listen blindly. But chachamim are not popes, to use an MO phrase, and they are accepted precisely because of their astounding ability to showcase their breadth and depth of Torah knowledge. We blindly listen out of a humble understanding that they know better, as evidenced by their own Torah – it’s a logical blind faith. It’s like one who trusts a doctor who is known as an expert; it makes sense to trust him, even if he says something weird to you.
And no, the chief rabbis of the past few decades were not poskim. Rabbi sacks, rabbi mirvis, etc…are political pulpit rabbis. Rav emanuel jakobovitz was a posek. Rav yechezkel abramsky was one of the gedolei hador. But most weren’t.
If r. Mirvis wants us to accept what he did, let him or his supporters bring proof that it was alright.
Mentsch, you’re not citing a source; you’re dancing around the issue with maybes and sfaikos with vague comparisons to stories which you admit you’re not familiar with. Provide a source that such things are alright. And while you’re at it, provide a source that what jared trump did was alright.