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

["Rabbi Richard Wolpoe" at namor.dreamhost.com]

HB
> 2. Even if Avraham was a true Novi, do/did Novis ever make (potentially
> fatal or otherwise) mistakes?

And if a judge convicts someone to die is his word law? - Or do we say
that since "he is not infallible" we cannot execute?

This conflation of authority with infallibilty sounds like a
quasi-anarchistic call to dismiss all authority since humans are
admittedly fallible!

Imagine baseball games where the umpire is not heeded because he is not
infallible! Just Yesterday, Derek Jeter beat a throw to first but was
called out. Now Teixara's home run later that inning could have been
for 3 runs and the yankees might have won. And Replays were fairly
conclusive that the umpire blew the call. So is Jeter out or safe?

RE: Tzara'as: only a kohein may make that call. It is not objective
rather it flows from the authority of his office.

Does HB suggest that we take our automobiles to 3 inspections to make
sure human error is not a factor? :-)

KT
RRW
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