Autonomy in Halacha
Hello,
From what I understand from the rabbi’s lessons, there is value in autonomy in halakhah, but there is a caveat that one must be a bar hachi who can rule on halakhah. If that is not the case, we must choose a rabbi. What should I do in the case where I know that I am not a bar hachi, because I have not studied Talmud and halakhah enough, but on a certain issue, after investigating its arguments, I find that the Rambam’s arguments are more convincing to me than the arguments of the Shulchan Aruch? Others claim that I should follow the Shulchan Aruch or a Sephardic rabbi (I am Sephardic) and ignore the Rambam’s arguments, because what I think I understand is likely to be a mistake. I do not understand how I am supposed to ignore what my intellect tells me. I know that the rabbi was dealing with the issue of substantive versus formal authority and autonomy in halakhah, but because of the caveat that the rabbi mentioned, I am left with doubts about how to proceed in such a situation.
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I understand, thank you very much for the quick response.
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