[Avodah] Differences between Charedism and Modern Orthodoxy

[David Riceman]

Harry Maryles wrote:
> Modern Orthodoxy has often been accused of believing that Chazal were 
> fallible - that they made mistakes. They were human beings subject to 
> the spirit of their time and that influenced how they created rabbinic 
> law which we must follow.
>
> This is simply not true. Modern Orthodoxy does not believe that. 
> Faulting Chazal in this way is tantamount to heresy!
>
I.m sure we've discussed this before, but nonetheless I'll ask again.  
Was Rabbeinu HaKadosh a heretic for discussing in Masseches Horayos what 
to do when the Sanhedrin makes a mistake? Or do you claim that Hazal 
were actually more competent than the Sanhedrin?

David Riceman