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Torah from heaven

שו”תTorah from heaven
asked 6 years ago

Hello Rabbi.
Can we say that the meaning of Torah from heaven is a metaphor for the words of the sages coming from a pure intellect, perhaps devoid of matter, meaning people on a high spiritual level?


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מיכי Staff answered 6 years ago
I don’t think so. The sages were people like you and me. Torah from heaven means that the interpretations created throughout the generations are a product of what was given to us at Sinai and are considered part of it (in terms of binding validity, even though there may be errors there, and it is likely that there are quite a few).

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