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<p class=MsoNormal>Reb Micha wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Halakhah is not to be dictated from above, but to be worked
by man according to His rules.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This may be just semantics but I disagree and feel Halakhah
is most certainly dictated from above. Are you saying that the aseres hadibros
were not dictated from above? Are you saying that the prohibition of shaatnez
was not dictated from above? (And I can go on and on and on)... Yes, I agree
that man interprets, but the Torah which is the source has been dictated from
above. Hence, the statement that halacha is not to be dictated from above is
not accurate in my understanding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Reb Micha wrote regarding Rosh Chodesh: “but it's not
the testimony or the moon which causes it to happen, it's the declaration.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Isn’t the Luach comparable to a declaration albeit in
advance?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Finally: “Why do you assume halakhah is supposed to be
objective?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For the same reason we have absolute versus relative
morality.... I see subjective halacha as relative. Again, this may be a
semantic argument.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kol tuv/best regards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ri<o:p></o:p></p>
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