[Avodah] Nevuah/psak

[Rich, Joel]

An interesting article by R' Elman appeared in Tradition (Fall 1985)
which has a very different take on lo bashamayim hi (which iiuc
originally drives us to say these diyukim from nach are a different
level). He cites R' Tzadok as saying that until the anshei knesset
hagedolah (when prophesy stopped) people went to the navi to know the
dvar hashem (with certainty but only in their particular case). After
that , there is no true certainty. This would explain why we don't see
sanhedrin's footprints in nach and why lo bashamayim hi overruled a bat
kol (but perhaps wouldn't overrule true nvuah - see all the commentaries
on what bat kol is). It might also explain the mahartz chiyut's
understanding iirc of teiku - that eliyahu can be mvarer 'facts" but not
new dinim. 

It's a fascinating , albeit nonstandard approach. Has anyone seen
anything else on this R' Tzadok?

KT
Joel Rich

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