The bibliography in the English Me'am Lo'ez haggadah says of Pri Chadash that it "often strongly attacks the opinions of the Shulchan Aruch. Its strongest language was deleted from later editions." Does anyone know where these deleted parts can be found, or what they consisted of?
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A related source: there's a teshuva in Ginas Veradim [yoreh deah klal 3, hilchos nedarim, shailah 3] about a person who moved to a new city. In the old city they had placed a cherem on learning the Pri Chadash's sefarim because of his sharp critiques of the Beis Yosef, and in the new city there was no ban and the shoel wanted to know if he could now learn the sefarim.
There's a modern edition of Shu"t Ginas Veradim with notes, and I seem to recall it having info about this topic. It might be worth checking it up. (I saw it years ago but I think it's relevant.)
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Since you did not give the actual teshuvah this is only a comment.You should flag this and ask the moderator to move it into comments. – sabbahillel Apr 12 '20 at 01:56
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1@sabbahillel thanks for the comment. I was able to look up the source and have edited my answer. I can't find the edition with the extensive notes that I saw before, but the teshuva itself is useful. Do you still think I should ask the moderator to move it to comments, or could it stand as a legit answer? (I'm still getting used to the forum and figuring out how to properly categorize things.) Thanks! – Binyomin Apr 12 '20 at 02:38
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You should summarize the actual answer. That way people can see what you are actually answering. However, the question does not involve the ban but asks what is actually said and where the censored parts can be found. As a result your post does not answer the actual question. – sabbahillel Apr 12 '20 at 02:52
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@sabbahillel thanks for this feedback. When I can access the teshuva again I'll copy some of the language of the Pri Chadash which the Ginas Veradim quotes. He quotes some language and paraphrases more, such that you can understand what the language was used. – Binyomin Apr 12 '20 at 09:21
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