[Avodah] Intuition - sources

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 9/3/07, Rich, Joel <JRich at sibson.com> wrote:
>
>  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
>
>  ======================
> R' Asher Weiss based on the Yerushalmi says that this is what chazal did
> in general on w/r/t shabbat - anything that they felt s/b asser went into
> makeh bpatish. IIRC When I looked at the Yerusahlami it seemed to me (and I
> am less than dust to him) like they were talking about actions that there
> was already a mesora on.  OTOH R' AW frequently says "libi omer li" which I
> think fits nicely with your general theory.  IIRC I heard that  a posek will
> often "know" the answer and then build the case.  The problem imho  is that
> they probably could have built an equally convincing case the other way and
> where does the boundary line to divrei neviut fall (or put another way, the
> process fails the repeatability test)?
>
> KVCT
> Joel Rich
>

Consensus of poskim as a form of  "peer review"  can  be valid & valuable
check and balance on taking :intution" too far.  Point? If  ruba deruba  [I
like to define  it as 2 standard deviations] view electricity as problematic
on Sahbbos then  it is.  Even though it could very well be a judgment call
that could have gone the other way.  Remember 49 reason to be metaheir and
49 reasons to be metamei...
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