The mesorah was broken in a sense when the leaders went from being rabbonim to roshei yeshiva.
Very interesting that you say this;
My Rav is the Rav of a very large shul and daily fields hundreds of questions.
His father was the Rav of one of the larger communities in brooklyn and av beis din.
There was always from the beginning, clear medical guidance and advice.
I know I often come off as porek ohl, but I'm frustrated in general at people who both refuse to adapt citing mesora and as well just make up new things and ignoring mesora.
The ben sorer umoreh is described as naval birshut hatorah. If he ate trayf meat, it wouldn't apply.
If one stands in rabbinic authority, they need to understand the situation before paskening.
Gone are the days when it's about bringing your chicken to the Rav, it's about being a manhig.
"But my Rav doesn't involve himself in outside shtusim"
What kind of Rav is this ?!? Yes we made parallel to the situation in Europe in 1938.
There was tons and tons of evidence to support precautions, there was even more unknowns which should have raised a flag of simply "well, it's a shema or a bari or whatever, err on the side of caution"
So many members in this forum trashed me, said I have no idea what I'm talking about etc .
Maybe I don't, all I advised, was caution.
Sure I find the mask uncomfortable, it fogs up my glasses (I can't really understand why anyone needs glasses during shul.. unless you're blind as a bat without them or nearsighted)
I saw many people make real efforts, one guy wore a mask over his mouth but not nose, rather than half doing it, he wears a plastic face shield too.
Reminds me too of th sign I saw in this coffee shop bathroom "employees must wash hands before returning to work" and under it
"You too, don't be gross"
Oh wow! Washing your hands with soap or using sanitizer is Soo bad! Maybe it goes with the chareidi prohibition against showers ?
Watching the elderly generation of rabbanim and carriers of mesora die out, is sad
Reminds me of Rav matisyahu solomon speech at (11th?) Siyum hashas
I remember very clearly how Rav solomon said "if all the roshey yeshivas, if all the talmeidei chachamim, if all the ehrliche yidden were still alive, imagine how much more tangible our mesora would be"
What's wrong with a Rav saying "we don't know . Err on the side of caution?!?!"
When did yiddishkeit become about being comftarble? Are they extending these leniency to all sheilos?