# 4/18/26 – Shiur 556 – What's new with Chodosh - Facts on the ground | Why are people so lenient about a Din in the Torah?

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Podcast: [Halacha Headlines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028)
Published: 2026-04-17T12:14:12+00:00
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Why do we rely on leniency these day when the Heter was due to שעת הדחק and we don't have a shortage of food? If the Heter is based on Safek, nowadays the Safek is verifiable and can't be relied uponIf a store has information posted that it's not Yoshon - there's no Safek at all - what do people rely on?Why are people making on Stam Cholov which is maybe a Safek Derabbanan and not on this?If a person needed to eat because of פיקוח נפש and it was a question of הקל הקל תחלה should he eat Chodosh or drink Stam Cholov?People spend a lot of money and time checking vegtables for bugs which the obligation to check is Derabanan but blatantly eat Chodosh - why?Why are Chasidim so lenient - How does a story from the Baal Shem Tov uproot Halacha - even if it's true we go with halacha not stories - we can uproot all the Torah if it's controlled by stories not Halacha?Chassidim specifically love to quote Chasam Sofer "חדש אסור מן התורה" - when it comes to any slight deviance of Minhag or even culture - and חדש itself they don't care about? with Rabbi Menachem Genack – Leading poseik of the OU, Rov in Englewood – 17:35with Rabbi Dovid Gorelik – Rabbinic Coordinator of the OU – 17:35with Rabbi Yaakov Teichman – Head of OK Kosher – 43:43 מראי מקומות

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