<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:47 AM, <<a href="mailto:Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org">Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://torahweb.org/torah/2007/parsha/rsch_korach.html" target="_blank">http://torahweb.org/torah/2007/parsha/rsch_korach.html</a>
.... </font><font size="3">This young <i>talmid
chochom</i> told me, no, we may not use common sense at all, and even though
the <i>halacha</i> – as he misunderstood it – made no sense, he has "<i>emunas
chachomim</i>." I told him that this was a Christian concept (the principle
of the infallibility of the <i>posek</i>). </font><font face="sans-serif" size="2"><br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br clear="all">Just Today I was reading the Levush and the Haguras Sh'muel [a coommnetary on Levush YD]<br>Said that the author meant to clarify but he only obscured the issue and "took issue" with his interpretation.<br>
<br>I cannot imagine a Talmudic dialectic as possible if everything were accepted at face value w/o questioning. <br><br>To top it off, how about the Aggadic story of Rabbi Yochanan lamenting the loss of his bar Blugta Reish Laksih who was succeeded by by Rabbi Elazar who was a "yes Man" of sorts. Truly this story tlees us of the value of dispute as a method for clarifcioation of the truth<br>
<br>Of course, one ought to disagree in an agreeable manner but even there the Gmara discusses the zealousness of students who get heated during debate.<br><br>Anyway isn't the BEST way to make a point by asking a question? <br>
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Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>
RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>
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