Rav Ezriel Horowitz zt"l
הרב עזריאל בן דוב הורוויץ זצ"ל
Cheshvan 22 , 5579
Stories of Rav Ezriel Horowitz zt"l
Once, on Erev Yom Kippur, the Eizener Kop met the Chozeh on the way to the mikvah.
The Chozeh remarked to the Eizener Kop, “You have a lot more teshuva to do on Yom Kippur than me.”
When the Eizener Kop asked why that is so, the Chozeh stated, “I might’ve issued a lenient ruling with regards to the kashrus of questionable meat that was bought by a woman for a sha’aila. It’s possible that the meat wasn’t mehadrin in line with all the poskim, and for that I’ll have to ask Hashem for forgiveness for my rulings.
You however, were very strict in your rulings, and it’s very possible a sha’aila that was brought before you was deemed treif - when in fact it might’ve been kosher l’mehadrin. That means a Jewish family had monetary damages due to your rulings – and for that Yom Kippur doesn’t cleanse.”
