Was Ezra's enactment of immersion for a baal keri annulled by formal court decree or by popular disuse?
Synopsis
Authorities debate the mechanism by which Ezra's immersion enactment ended: the Rambam implies it lapsed through popular inability to observe it, while the Aruch HaShulchan argues it was popular disuse confirmed by rabbinic endorsement, not a formal court abolition.
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