[Avodah] A Mamzer Marrying a Shifchah

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 02:38:33PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
>> My "that" was vague. Are you denying that halakhah is a matter of going
>> to a poseiq rather than going with whichever sevara you personally find
>> compelling, no matter whether anyone agrees?

> Halacha is about sources.  Lo bashamayim hi.  

Lo bashamayim hi means quite the reverse -- it means we follow the
majority DESPITE any heavenly or other knowledge about the sources.
Legal authority, not best odds of truth, win the day. If something could
possibly be true, the slimness of those odds -- as you assess them -- is
less of an issue than authority. Halakhah is made, not pulled from heaven.

:-)BBii!
-Micha