[Avodah] Looking for sources about Chazal's Ruach Hakodesh

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Gershon: 
> As for the Zohar that states: "And the Rabbanan of the Mishna and the
> Amoraim and all their Talmud they based on the secrets of the Torah."
> (Zohar 3:152b) -- Well a skeptic might reject the Zohar as a valid source.
 
Funny I look at this mamash 180 degrees opposite. 
 
A. Regardless of one's disposition towards the publication of the Zohar --
what source would know "sisrei torah" better? IOW the Zohar would be a
great barometer for judging this -- regardless of its origins.
 
And 
B. Assuming the Zohar was indeed expert at judging Hazal's knowledge of
"sisrei torah" how does that prove any ru'ach haqodesh one way or the
other? Maybe Hazal were "merely" epxerts in the esoteric wisdom [SOD]
of the Torah based upon training?
[Except perhaps for the obvious cases of Honi ham'ageil and other
baalei mofeis?]
And therefore the "sisrei torah" foundation was based upon advanced
training and not about "ruach haqodesh"
 
Illustration: did the Talmiddim of the Arizal need ruach haqodesh
themselves or just a profound understanding of their TEACHER'S ruach
haqodesh?
 
Tangentially, IIRC an early Ashk'nazi Rishon commented that the Hilchos
Alfasi were written b'ruach haqodesh....
 
KT 
RRW 
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