[Avodah] FW: Worth thinking about - (Halacha is Not about Truth)

[Harry Maryles]

--- On Thu, 12/11/08, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 08:22:58AM -0500, Rich, Joel wrote:
: From R' Broyde on R' Rackman
:> (1) Jewish law is a truth seeking venture which must live by the
:> currency of logic and analysis, always living in the present and being
:> driven by the data, both Talmudic and scientific.

Jewish law is not a "truth seeking venture". If it were, we would be
listening to the bas qol. It's a process for mapping Divine Thought
into a human life, mapping divrei E-lokim Chaim to one of many possible
halakhah ke-... The problem isn't finding the truth; the truth can't be
grasped. It's finding how we can model a path to that truth based on who
and where we are as limited imperfect beings.

 
 
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Toattly agree.
 
Jewish law is a function of how man understands Divine law. As such man was given the means to interpret it. This is why we do not listen to a Bas Kol- which in fact is truth - as you point out.
 
Halacha is not about truth. It is about human interpretations of truth. That means that even if we get it wrong we must abide by the rules of interpretation given to us by the Divine which becomes Halacha in spite of the truth. This is the message in the Sugya in Bava Metzia (59) of the Tanur Achnoi. The importance of this difference should not be glossed over. The attempt to find truth as opposed to Halacha is why R’ Eliezer was put into Cherem.
 
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