[Avodah] Nevuah and Brisk

[Micha Berger]

 From R' Chaim Brown's (CC-ed) blog Divrei Chaim
<http://divreichaim.blogspot.com>, here is an intriguing observation from
the entry at
http://divreichaim.blogspot.com/2010/11/role-of-nevuah-in-eyes-of-brisker.html .
(You might recall RCB from his time on Avodah, or as RYGB's brother-in-law.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

    One passage from Shiurim l'Zecher Aba Mori (vol 2 page 173, excuse
    my rough translation) struck me as especially illustrative of this
    narrow Brisker focus:

        I have always been troubled by the role and position of the
        prophet. On the one hand, we rule that a navi is prohibited from
        introducing innovation in halacha, from adding or detracting
        "even the crown of a letter yud;" on the other hand, Hashem
        communicated with the nevi'im, they prophesied, and their
        prophecy was written for all future generations. What purpose
        did their prophecy serve, given that they could introduce no
        halachic chiddush? True, they rebuked the nation, and to give
        rebuke is certainly one of the reasons prophets were sent. But
        still, I am troubled by the notion that their message should be
        completely devoid of halachic content.

    The Rav simply could not fathom that there could be a "cheftza"
    of the dvar Hashem seperate from the narrow universe of halacha. I
    read this to my son and he was dumbstruck. Kushya m'ikara leisa if
    you have not bought into the world of Brisk.