[Avodah] [Areivim] Halacha of speeding/Jewish ethics curriculum development help

[Rich, Joel]

Not to pick on RHM specifically, as I respect (although sometimes respectfully disagree with) his opinions, but I am distressed by the lack of sources on this topic.  Issues such as this, and the  
principles underlying them, are things we need to act on every day.   
How can we act on them in a Torah consistent manner if we don't have Torah sources to base our decisions on.

I'm not sure if I'm more bothered by the thought that the poskim haven't addressed these issues, or that they have but we on A/A are ignorant of what they've said.

Of course, there is also the third possibility that I'm the only ignorant one.  In which case I would find it a distressing wake up call to improve my learning skills.  But if this is the case, can someone please enlighten my ignorance?

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Daniel M. Israel
dmi1 at cornell.edu


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A 4th possibility, to quote myself in the most recent audioroundup:
How reconcile "we are like donkeys" reverence of predecessors with clear fact that later generations seem to be (are) doing more sophisticated analysis/thinking [me - I hope R'Klapper's got an escape pod J].
1) Shev Shmeitzah (ktzot) - they thought so much more clearly and straight forwardly; they didn't need our "pilpul". We develop more because need to overcome "confusion" they didn't have [me - so their superiority must be based on something other than pure intellect].


2) Netziv - Hamek shailah was a commentary on a geonic work. Since time of Yehoshua there have been disagreements which would be resolved by intellect. There will be those who specialize in specific cases application (spiritual intuition) and others in abstract law. There will be times (e.g. Bavli) where can only rely on intellect/abstract. Geonim went back to more "intuitive" approach but then lost when went to Europe, etc. However, Rambam was more a throwback to gaonim (don't try to wrestle the Rambam into a similar approach to Rashi/Tosfot). 

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IMHO most of these issues are dealt with in the "spiritual intuition" mode (I know it when I see it)

KT
Joel Rich
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