[Avodah] (Neviim & Possible Mistakes); Akeidah & Yizchak Follow-Up;

[harveybenton at yahoo.com]

RGDubin: 
Avraham Avinu was a navi and Yitzchak was therefore required to listen to 
him.
HB: 
1. What qualifies as a Novi (Dovid? Yehoshua?) In Avraham's Time The Rambam's (or other presently codified rules mistama did not apply) 
1b: Whatever rules may/may not have applied; did Yitzchak properly investigate them???
2. Even if Avraham was a true Novi, do/did Novis ever make (potentially fatal or otherwise) mistakes? 
3a; case 1; Dovid took a census he (aparentyl) shouldn't have; subsequently thousands died.
3b; case 2; Yehoshua wasn't careful enough that his troops/men not partake of forbidden spoils; again, many died. 
3c. Moshe was a Novi, and made mistakes with accepting the eruv rav (acc to Chazal) and many died because of it with the incident of the Eigel; 
Moshe also made a mistake (hitting v. speaking to the rock) and was therefore not able to gain entry into Eretz Yisrael. 
The first case cost many people their lives with the Eigel Incident; The second incident cost Moshe something personal; Either way, they appear to be mistakes made by an emesdika Novi Yisrael........ and consequences
 followed:
4. Given all of the above, even if Avraham was a verified and true Novi, should/was Yitzchak allowed to have listened to him??
HB



 

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