[Avodah] FW: Worth thinking about

[Zev Sero]

Ira Tick wrote:

> I like this approach.  Zev Sero mentioned that the bas kol only speaks 
> on behalf of the greatest scholar, as if the bas kol only "knows" that 
> much and has only that fact to submit to the court.  This is 
> problematic, because who says a bas kol is to be thought of as an entity 
> or as a realm of knowledge or autonomous providence.  I think that its a 
> mistake to truly believe that angels or heavenly visions or anything 
> else are autonomous (even if the gemara describes angels as being 
> punished, i think this is easily understood as a metaphor that people as 
> agents of causation can relate to).

It's not my opinion, it's the Maharal.  I only posted it because RMB
gave an opinion which he said he had based on the Maharal, so I quoted
the Maharal himself saying the opposite.  As for "who says a bas kol"
is something different, with its own level of knowledge, I guess the
Maharal says. Who told him?  I don't know. 

-- 
Zev Sero               Something has gone seriously awry with this Court's
zev at sero.name          interpretation of the Constitution.
                       	                          - Clarence Thomas