Results of Poll on: What Would You Do Differently

In our last poll, we inquired

New Poll: What Would YOU Do Differently?

There have been several hot proposals for changes in the status quo that have been debated amongst the Jewish Blogsters during the last several months. They include:

1. That unmarried men should also wear a Tallit Gadol as men in the Eidot Mizrach and Yekkes already do. This would make amcha compliant with a Mitzvah d'Oraitto;

2. That we should restore daily Birkat Kohanim everywhere - which conforms to the presentation of the Talmud and Eidot Mizrach;

3. That we should eliminate the bracha of Shelo Assani Ishah and/or Shelo Assani Goy. This would avoid embarrassing most of the world. If we worry about the busha of challah, then koll shekein our fellow human's feelings should be factored in

4. That we make all marriages annullable so as to eliminate Agunot. The Agunah problem is obvious. Those who favour the status quo have vetoed R. Shaul Liberman's and R. Emmanuel Rackman's resolutions.

In regard to these issues, we asked the following two questions:

A) Assuming YOU had total control of the Halachic Process on just ONE of these issues, which one would you modify? Caveat: remember - you are ALSO responsible for any "un-intended consequences"

1) I’d have even unmarried men were a Tallit Gadol
2) I’d have Birkat Kohanim said daily everywhere
3) I’d eliminate Shelo Assani Ishah and/or Shelo Assani Goy
4) I’d make all marriages annullable
5) I’d maintain these four items as they are but with such a power, there is clearly something else that I would do.
6) I'd leave everything as is. Tampering with the system either might or will cause it to unravel Your Responses (total 10) Choice 1 - 00.0%  (0) Choice 2 - 00.0%  (0) Choice 3 - 20.0%  (2) Choice 4 - 50.0%  (5) Choice 5 - 00.0%  (0)   Choice 6 - 30.0%  (3)   B) Assuming, again, YOU had total control of the Halachic Process and could modify any or all of these four items, which one or ones would you modify? (not limited to one choice)   1) I’d have even unmarried men were a Tallit Gadol 2) I’d have Birkat Kohanim said daily everywhere 3) I’d eliminate Shelo Assani Ishah and/or Shelo Assani Goy 4) I’d make all marriages annullable 5) None of them.

Your Responses (total 10 / 7)

Choice 1 - 10.0% / 14.3% (1)
Choice 2 - 00.0% / 00.0% (0)
Choice 3 - 20.0% / 28.6% (2)
Choice 4 - 20.0% / 28.6% (2)
Choice 5 - 20.0% / 28.6% (2)

Comments
Rabbi Hecht
In Part A, I am not really surprised that the one item for which there was the most desire for change concerned the aguna. That is a problem that bothers almost everyone with many truly feeling the restraints of Halacha in not being able to do more.
I am not sure how to respond to Part B. The question opened the possibility of even more responses; instead we got less. I really do not know why. In that there were even less responses than the number of people who responded, we put down both figures representing the percentage for each response -- but we cannot explain this. The only thing that one may find interesting is that no one seemed concerned about Birkat Kohanim yet this was a most important concern for the Vilna Gaon.