Haredi view
Hello, Your Honor,
I would love to know what the source of Torah knowledge is and whether one should also ask rabbis about topics that are not specifically in the book, such as education or health? For example, we find important rabbis who answer and speak about issues that are not specifically in Halacha, but in the way of life.
For example, the Haredim claim that one should ask a rabbi and follow what he says on all issues. Does everyone agree with this? I understand that some in modern Orthodoxy do not believe so. I would love to hear from you.
Thank you very much.
There is no clear source for this. There are legendary sayings that can be interpreted this way. But even if there is such a source – there is no substance to it.
Incidentally, Benny Brown has written several articles on the subject of Torah thought, and he shows that even among the rabbis and ultra-Orthodox thinkers, it does not appear in contexts unrelated to Halacha and Torah practice (but rather in everyday matters).
Thank you very much. From your article on Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and the coronavirus, I understand that you are opposed to this whole thing, that you perceive an ultra-Orthodox rabbi as an authority on everything that does not concern explicit matters in the Torah, because they do not understand the world in my eyes to deal with them and apparently, as you wrote, there is no source for this.
I just wanted to be sure that I understood correctly and that this was not said only in the eyes of the coronavirus, which is of course more serious when it concerns the general public.
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