The Gra Supports Torath Eress Yisrael - Four Examples
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Example One: Despite local Ashkenazi custom, the Gra rules to say boray nephashoth with the name of Hashem, following the Jerusalem Talmud and not the Bavli.
Example Two: The father makes a bracha when his son reaches bar misswah. He also makes a bracha in the repetition of the Amidah for Modim.
Example Three: Do you make a bracha for reading the meghilla? The Rama says no, but the Gra rules yes – deciding that the halacha here overrides minhag. He also rules according to the Yerushalmi regarding a baal keri.
Example Four: What’s the deadline for saying the morning shema? Halacha after halacha, the Gra rules according to the Yerushalmi. Why? Plus: The Bavli critiques itself as a book filled with doubts about the truth.