[Avodah] paskening by Nevuah

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 01:00:55AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: It will be totally natural, as she writes. [Eliahu haNavi']s great age
: will mean that he will have had a long time to grow both in Torah and in
: wisdom. He will have learned *from* the gedolim of all the generations,
: and quite possibly even *with* the gedolim of all the generations. And the
: net result will be that we'll follow his psak not because of his nevuah,
: and not because of his charisma, and not even out of respect. But simply
: because he will know the answers...

... and because, pro forma, Eliahu haNavi has true semichah:
    1. Moshe (1392-1272 BCE, Har Sinai - 1312 BCE)
    2. Yehoshua (1354-1244 BCE)
    3. Pinechus
    4. Eli (929 BCE)
    5. Shemu'el (889 BCE)
    6. David haMelekh (876 BCE)
    7. Achiah (800 BCE)
    8. Eliyahu (870-726 BCE)

According to the Rambam, there is a process by which the rabbis of EY can
restore the legal authority of true semichah. We can assume the SA agreed,
since R' Yosef Caro had such semichah from R' Yaaqov Beirav. The Ramban
disagreed with the Rambam. The Radvaz notes would require the presence
of someone from the unbroken shalsheles from Moshe Rabbeinu being alive,
and says this is one of the things Eliyahu haNavi will accomplish.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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