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> undisputed truth of Rav Wasserman’s writings.

I know popularity is not a sign of truth, but it is important to keep it in mind to see whether anyone is interested in certain writings. Because if nobody is, it means this school of thought did not convince many people.

With that caveat in mind, I looked up several Rabbis popularity in web search in Israel and in US for last 20 and 5 years. Adin Steinsaltz more popular than Rav Shach who is more popular than Chofetz Chaim who is more popular than R Kook who is way more popular than R Wasserman who shows at almost zero. Again, this is noto to evaluate, H’Sh value of someone’s learning, but just to note that almost nobody is looking up R Wasserman’s writings in general.

This correlates with what I asked some time ago – some talmidei chachomim are for some reason quoted for their political positions but rarely mentioned in Torah discussions in general, as if they are politicians. The fault is of course in those who quote selectively.