[Avodah] halachic intuition

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 9/6/07, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> . RMF answered that it is not - it is based on what is the right thing to
> do.
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> Eli Turkel
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In support of this we were taught in Yeshiva that the 5th chelek of Shulchan
Aruch is Sechel.

Consider the story with [Beis haLevi or was it his son R.Chaim Brisker] and
the sh'eilah re: milk for 4 cossos.   By reading between the lines he saw
that meat was needed for that seder, too.  W/O such sechel, halacha could
be  compromised - naval birshus haTorah perhaps?

Lich'ora this is based upon a kind of intuition. I call it "GESTALT
intution" - i.e an intuition based upon an informed persona that is steeped
in the classic sources.

A total ignoramus may have intution. The question there is THAT intuition
trustworthy?  At best it is trustworthy for THAT individual.  Intuition hat
is trusted by others should be aisi a function of mastery of Torah
knowledge.

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