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Written Torah and more.

שו"תWritten Torah and more.
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Hello Rabbi. Thank you for the insightful and even challenging things.
 
In my study of your teachings, in several places, I had doubts about your perception and a desire to clarify and delve deeper into the matter.
A. Maimonides wrote that one must: "Believe that all of the Torah that we have is what was given to Moses from the mouth of the mighty One… and that he is in the rank of a scribe, who is called and writes it all – the words of its history and its stories and its commandments, for this reason he is called a legislator. Every word in the Torah was given to Moses."
Does the Rabbi disagree with these things? Are there sources in the words of our sages that disagree with these words of the Rambam? And, according to the Rambam, simply every system requires intellectual and research-based foundation. What is the intellectual method by which the Rambam requires a person to reach this belief?
on. This belief, in the presence of Mount Sinai, in the Torah from heaven, in the encounter between God and man, no matter in what form – its essence is in tradition alone. In the acceptance that we received from our ancestors, and as the Rihal and the Kuzari say, that it is a sign and a miracle done to many and cannot be denied. Do you think that tradition in itself is a sufficient tool to reach faith in the Torah from heaven or do we need the faith talent inherent in us? Can a Gentile reach the same recognition and faith in the Torah from heaven according to Jewish tradition as a person from Israel who received it from his ancestors? (And if not, is it because of faith talent or educational default)
C. Regarding the authority of the Sages in the Oral Torah. Simply because the Oral Torah is a human creation that our Sages created. My question is regarding the acceptance of their creation. From your words, I understand that the Sages have "authoritative" validity, not intellectual validity. In other words, it is impossible to determine that this is the interpretation of the Written Torah, that this is how it is correct to issue an equal decree or to judge a matter, but the Sages can determine that we must follow one interpretation and not another, because this is how the Jewish people accepted it. Do I understand correctly? If so, what are the limits of this authoritative acceptance, what is its status in our day? Can a person today rule in halakhic law or establish a court of law contrary to the prevailing halakhic perception in Judaism that is faithful to halakhic law? And also, what is the validity of this acceptance? I recall from the words of Rabbi Kook zt"l that this acceptance has validity from Torah.
Thank you very much!


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A. There are certainly some of the early scholars who disagree with him on this. Abaza and the author of the Hasidim and others wrote that there are later verses, and Chazal also wrote this about the last eight verses. And they have already stated this more than once. Beyond that, even Maimonides himself doubts in my opinion whether he intended a historical claim and not a normative claim (that all of the Torah has the same status as what was given from Sinai). I assume that Maimonides can base his approach on trust in tradition (especially his optimistic view in several places that something given from Sinai was not disputed, even though it is quite clear that quite a few disputes arose over what was given there, and I assume Maimonides would also agree with this). on. In my opinion, tradition by itself is not enough. It is one argument out of several components that create a whole. See my fifth notebook on the website where I discussed this at length. In my trilogy that will be released soon, it will be discussed in detail. third. You don't need Rav Kook for this. All of our Torah laws are based on the acceptance of the Sages. The Torah itself tells us almost nothing without interpretations. And yet, a person can and should rule on his own, as long as he is fully competent (see my article here on autonomy in ruling on halakhic law). But he cannot dispute authoritative sources (the Sanhedrin and the Talmud), and he must take into account important sources that do not have formal authority (the first and greatest poskim) and customs. All of these have weight, even if not absolute. Even with regard to authoritative sources, there is an issue at the beginning of the parenting of a woman who erred in the mitzvah of listening to the words of the sages, which deals with the obligation to obey the Sanhedrin that erred. There have been many opinions among commentators on this.

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