Question

I don’t know whether this is commonly accepted, but there is a popular view that when there are disputes in matters of Jewish law (among the Tannaim, Amoraim, later authorities, or whoever), then the very act of issuing a ruling turns that opinion itself into the truth (what the Holy One, blessed be He, wanted or intended). In other words, there is really no possibility that we are not doing God’s will, because as long as the matters were discussed and some decision was reached, then that is God’s will. It sounds a bit strange to me that there is no truth that God wanted us to follow, but I can also understand the claim, because after all we do not have the Urim and Thummim to ask and know the answer with certainty. Does the Rabbi think that there is an idea that the ruling itself turns the decision into God’s will, or is it possible that mainstream Jewish law sometimes misses the mark without realizing it? And if we really do sometimes sin (because in your view there is one truth and we simply do not know for certain what it is), then where do you derive that from, and what proofs and arguments are there for it? Thank you very much