Mori V'Rabi, Harav Hagaon R. Shlomo Miller shlita, once quoted R. Shamshon Raphael Hirsch zt"l, who said:
"One of the lessons we learn from this week's פרשה, involving יצחק and עשיו, is that even a גדול can be mistaken, misled, and deceived."
R. Shlomo Miller shlita has often remarked:
"A גדול can make mistakes, and even when he does, he remains a גדול."
R. Shmuel Wosner zt"l writes: שו"ת שבט הלוי ח"י י"ג*
"On one occasion, when he met ר'איסר זלמן מלצר זצ"ל, he expressed his amazement at how the חזון איש זצ"ל could render decisions in matters of דיני נפשות (life-and-death questions) so quickly and yet be correct more than 90% of the time."
This remark is noteworthy. ר' איסר זלמן clearly regarded the חזון איש as possessing extraordinary judgment and insight. At the same time, he did not assume that the חזון איש was infallible. Even in the gravest decisions, he spoke of a 90% success rate, not 100%.
R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski zt"l was the undisputed גדול הדור.
(R. Michoel Ber Weissmandl regarded him as the משה רבינו of his generation.)
Nevertheless, he opposed the Mirrer Yeshivah's plan to travel through the Soviet Union to reach Japan.
The outcome is now part of Jewish history.
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