Reply To: right or left

Menachem, thanks. Having authorities on both sides seems to be not helpful when the issue is … should we follow them. So far, we got several ways to split the difference:
– yor own clear knowledge v. some sofek
– beit din hagadol v our times
– being able to present the case to the judge
– did Rashi have a different girsa or on purpose omitting words from Sifre