The Pitfalls of Zavla (Zeh Borer Lo Echad) Part 2

First of all, this Aruch HaShulchan is mind-boggling. I am told that it is not necessarily common practice to write that the Zavla is being held according to the AhS - what did I know? Why did the "dayan" mitzad the nit'anim write that the Zavla was to take place according to the AhS? What do you think?

Torah U'Madda Comment from a Correspondent

Rabbi Bechhofer,

When talking about Shoftim 7:25, you quote Rav Tzadok who says the
raven is a harbinger of bad news. I know this idea exists in goyish
culture in general, but there is a particular secular reference that
immediately came to mind. I thought I would share it with you.

In J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Theoden of
Rohan calls Gandalf "Stormcrow" while under the spell of Grima
Wormtongue.

You have ever been a herald of woe. Troubles follow you like
crows, and ever the oftener the worse . . . . Here you come again!
And with you come evils worse than before, as might be expected. Why
should I welcome you, Gandalf Stormcrow? Tell me that.

The Two Towers: "The King of the Golden Hall", p. 117.

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Rebbitzen Kanievski Write-up, very positive

http://www.nrg.co.il/online/11/ART1/635/637.html

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R' Chaim Kanievski Video, evidently surrepitious

http://web11.mediazone.co.il/gafniplayer/gafniplayerapp/defwc.aspx?id=12468

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The Pitfalls of Zavla (Zeh Borer Lo Echad), Part 1: The "Shtar Birurin"

Folks, I was a "greener." I saw nothing wrong with this shtar (written by the "dayan" selected by the "nit'anim" on the bottom of my agreement to a choice of a third "dayan").

The document itself is an ivus ha'din embodied (not that I knew it at the time). I will explain bl"n in the next post. All identifying information has been obliterated.