[Avodah] facile historicistic solutions

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 06:35:15AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote:
> > To be sure, post-hazal gedolim, rishonim or aharonim may be affected by the
> > impact of contact with a general culture to which their predecessors had
> > not been exposed and to whose content and direction they respond. Upon
> > critical evaluation of what they have encountered, they may incorporate
> > what they find consonant with tradition and reject what is not. In the
> > process, they may legitimately enlarge the bounds of their hashkafah and
> > introduce hitherto unperceived insights and interpretations."

> That's complex and not reproduceable -- Thoughts?

I fail too see the problem. Yes, it is complex. Yes, it's not reproducible.
Find a rav whom you are convinced has sufficient yir'as Shamayim to sort
out what he honestly believes can be used to further Torah from his
negi'os, and don't follow someone who can't.

But who ever said these things are supposed to be simple?

Chodesh Tov!
Tir'u baTov!
-Micha