[Avodah] Halacha is about sources. Lo BaShamayim hi.

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Micha Berger wrote:
> So our current mesoretic text doesn't match any of the sefarim
> they found in the azarah upon the return from Bavel.

R' Joel Rich responded:
> I vaguely remember a shiur quoting someone as saying it was the
> hashgacha that this result matched the original version at Sinai.

Alternatively, it did NOT match the original, but rather hashgacha made it reflect another of the valid Shivim Panim which was appropriate for the latter generations. This is similar to our Sifrei Torah, which are not identical to Rashi's, or of other rishonim.

I recall hearing this logic invoked in the Torah Codes discussions, when it was pointed out that the codes found today would not have been found in the ancient seforim. The retort was that these code were not relevant to them, and perhaps they'd have found other codes which *were* relevant.

Akiva Miller

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