Thank you for this article and the other one too. It was very informational and balanced. It is interesting that the Ramban, as would be expected , retracted his halachic position when he heard contrary objective, reliable, non rabbinic evidence from a knowledgable source. Equally interesting, and very curious, is the Chazon Ish’s well known refusal to consider archaeological or historical evidence or recently discovered old manuscripts exhibiting different girsaos or historical evidence. The Chazon Ish seems to have been extaordinarily mistrustful of the reliability of the sources, and even more so, the potential for abuse of the information garnered.
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