[Avodah] Intuition - sources

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 8/23/07, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, August 18, 2007 11:50 pm, Daniel Eidensohn wrote:
> : Any source that  "G-d wants the heart" that one should do that which
> : seems intutively correct?
>
> The QTYH mitzvos (*Q*edoshim tihyu, ve'asisa ha*T*ov veha*Y*ashar,
> ve*H*alakhta biderachav) presume a definition of qedushah, tov, yashar
> and derakhav that is accessible without specific instruction. Okay,
> maybe one can split-off vehalakhta diderakhav from that list. I'll
> stick to QYH.
>
> And, as already discussed here in the past (reference to a 2nd
> thread), "man desani lakh" is theoretically intuitive.
>
> But the problem is that one needs the right intuitions. Different
> people's intutions will be correct in different situations. I have
> even argued that a more authentic definition of da'as Torah (as the
> term has been used since RYS's recoinage) would be "Torah shaped
> intution" (a third discussion). Which in yet another thread (#4) I
> argued was the real basis for banning electricity on Shabbos. There is
> more consensus that it simply doesn't intuitively fit the idea of
> Shabbos than figuring out the mechanics of the issur.
>
>
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -mi
>
>
Perhaps correct intuition is a product [or is it a quotient?]  of how much
preparation one has.

Lemashal, R Neubort [sp?] of Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchassa can probably
"INTUIT" a p'sak or a new policy on Shabbos just by devoting his life to the
subject w/o any specific research.  His immersion has created the critical
mass in his mind sufficient enough to bypass analytical thinking.   Levadil
it's like riding a bike once you master it or even more analgous to Mozart
composing Music or to Picasso painting a canvas..

Back to Torah: I am doing  Sefer Mitavos hakatzar and the Rosh is quoted as
eqauting buying Sefraim on Shas and poskim to k'sivas Sefer Torah.  This
kind of intuition by a novice would probably have little to no value, but
given the mastery of Shas that the Rosh had, it carries a lot of weight even
when  he does not muster specific citations to support his thesis.  It is
like Tevius Ayin, i.e. a function of experience and mastery.

The ultimate master is perhaps a Navi that can  over-ride any specific
Halachah - in a hor'as sha'ah - so long as he does not cross boundaries into
A"Z, etc.  Perhaps no single message fro mHKBH is required.  Remember Moshe
was mosif yom echad mida'ato?!  A chutzpa for the average person perhaps but
OK for Moshe to have "intuited"!

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