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I know that we haven’t posted a Rabbi Ginsburg video in while and that’s my bad but fear not. Because recently ChaviJo took some initiative and decided to fly off a great question to the Rabbi.

Below is what she asked and of course the video is the Rabbis response.

Enjoy!

Hello rabbi! I am one of the contributors on Jewsbychoice.org and had suggested to Avi (who told me to explore it) whether the following would be a good question for you for us on JBC.org. Let me know what you think!

Could you explain how modern-day decisions are arrived at regarding halachic rulings, and how it’s different than in the past. Like, how responsa are written nowadays and how they decide what is considered the final word on it (prestige of the rabbi? committee vote? what?)?

Todah raba,
Chavi

Below is larger version of the same video for those of you who found the one above a little too small.

Oh and as always, if you do watch the video, feel free to share your thoughts with the rest of us.