Who Decides How Things Are Arranged in a Yeshiva Dorm Room
Question
Shalom.
Three students share a room in a yeshiva. Two of them want to change the arrangement of the beds and closets, and the third does not. Can he prevent them from doing so? Does it depend on the order in which they arrived in the room on the first day?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
If there is no accepted custom and procedure in the yeshiva, the majority rules.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Gloss of the Gra on Shulchan Aruch, siman 163, se’if 1, that partners in matters of their partnership are like the Great Beit Din, which follows the majority opinion.
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