[Avodah] common sense/halacha

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:47 AM, <Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org> wrote:

>
> http://torahweb.org/torah/2007/parsha/rsch_korach.html        .... This
> young *talmid chochom* told me, no, we may not use common sense at all,
> and even though the *halacha* – as he misunderstood it – made no sense, he
> has "*emunas chachomim*." I told him that this was a Christian concept
> (the principle of the infallibility of the *posek*).
>
>
Just Today I was reading the Levush and the Haguras Sh'muel [a coommnetary
on Levush YD]
Said that the author meant to clarify but he only obscured the issue and
"took issue" with his interpretation.

I cannot imagine a Talmudic dialectic as possible if everything were
accepted at face value w/o questioning.

To top it off, how about the Aggadic story of Rabbi Yochanan lamenting the
loss of his bar Blugta Reish Laksih who was succeeded by by Rabbi Elazar who
was a "yes Man" of sorts.  Truly  this story tlees us of the value of
dispute as a method for clarifcioation of the truth

Of course, one ought to disagree in an agreeable manner but even there the
Gmara discusses the zealousness of students who get heated during debate.

Anyway isn't the BEST way to make a point by asking a question?

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Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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