[Avodah] Halachic process

[Joel Rich]

Jonathan Haidt uses the analogy of the elephant and its rider as a metaphor
for the relationship between our reason and our emotion (passions). The
rider helps the elephant make better choices but the rider cannot order the
elephant to do something against its will. It occurs to me this is a good
metaphor for what I’ve described as the delicate dance between the rabbis
and amcha in the halachic process (eg gzeira shein rov hatzibur yecholim
lamod ba). Thoughts?
KT
Joel Rich
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