Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Rules of Psak,  Tzitzis 

Collections: R' Torczyner Halachah Meets Modernity

References: Shabbat: 75a ,  Menachot: 38a ,  Menachot: 44a  

Description

A run through four models for approaching a modern discovery: (1) arguing the merits; (2) rejecting the discovery as an unneeded intrusion on the status quo; (3) rejecting the discovery because masorah trumps all; (4) requiring a level of proof which exceeds that of the scientific method.