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tise in Jewish Tradition and the whole
body of Halachah; they must be truly
committed to observing and preserving
the Torah way of life; and they must be
those exemplars vvho by their behavior
inspire the trust of those in their genera-
tion who are fully committed to the
observance of the Torah.
This exclusive reliance upon human
n this week's portion we have
beings to interpret, apply and transmit
the infamous sin of the Golden
the Torah makes it easy to understand
Calf and the ultimate reconcilia-
why, in the absence of one central
tion between God and the Jewish
authority, disputes arise, as Maimonides
People. As parr of this reconciliation and
explains in the Introduction to
renewal of the covenant, Moses is told
Commentary on Mishnah: "Disputes
by God to "carve, yourself, two
arise in the understanding of
tablets of stone, like the first
many matters because the
ones that you broke" (Exodus
understanding of each one is
34:1). Whereas the first
based on his own intelligence
tablets were the work of God
and his own grasp of the basic
and the writing was the writ-
principles." Thus, a whole
ing of God engraved on the
range of acceptable positions
tablets" (Exodus 32:16), the
may exist on any given ques-
second tablets were supplied
tion of Jewish Law - again,
by Moses. These second tablets
assuming the deciders are
represented the focal point of
qualified.
RABBI ELIEZER
the holy of holies of the
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein,
COHEN
Tabernacle. They were not
the pre-eminent decider of
Special to The
exclusively Divine, but rather
Jewish Law in America in the
Jewish News
the result of the combined
last generation, himself wrote
effort of both the Divine and
in the introduction to his col-
human endeavor.
lected Halachic decisions, Egros Moshe:
This "joint effort" of the Divine
c`. . . the true Halachic decision is that
together with the human is seen as the
which appears to the Sage, after toil and
paradigm of the Oral Tradition (Torah
effort to clarify the law in the Talmud
She'b'al Peh) and the resultant body of
and relevant sources according to his
Jewish Law (Halachah). (See Midrash
own ability with seriousness and awe of
Rabbah [Exodus 47:7] and Ha'amek
God: Thus he should render his decision
Davar by Rabbi Naftali Berlin of
- nay, he is obligated to render his deci-
Volozhin [Exodus 34:1]. Based on the
sion."
Divine precepts and principles received
Thus, Halachah is the product of
from God in the written Torah and oral-
generation upon generation of human
ly by Moses, every generation of Jews is
intellectual endeavor applied to every
told: ". . to come . . . to the Judges
conceivable reality that has confront-
(teachers) that will be in these days and
ed the Jewish People throughout his-
inquire . . . According to the teaching
tory. It is this human understanding
that they teach-. . . you must do, do not
and application of the Divine princi-
turn aside . . . to the right or to the left"
ples inherent in the Torah that makes
(Deut. 17:9-11). It is this interpretation,
Torah itself the nexus of God and his
application and extension of the Divine
human creatures.
principles and elements of the Torah by
human beings that make the Torah itself
a living, relevant, vital document by
which hundreds of generations of Jews
in every conceivable time, place and
Would it have been possible for
condition could live their lives.
Torah and its application to be
As the Talmud (Baba Metzia 59B)
wholly Divine?
makes clear `with the story of the dispute
How can man presume to
between Rabbi Eliezer and the Sages, "it
"speak for God?"
. .
is not in heaven" (Dew. 30:12) is the
To whom do we turn for
operating principle for Jewish Law. Even
answers to our questions of Jewish
"God Himself" can be "out-voted" by
observance? Are they qualified?
the rabbis in their decisions. But such
What identifies a practice as
God-given authority that these deciders
"Jewish?"
of Jewish LAW wield is reserved only for
Does Jewish Tradition and
those who are qualified. They must have
evolve? How?
practice
the ultimate in knowledge and an exper-
Shabbat Ki Tisa:
Exodus 30:11-34:35;
Numbers 19:1-22;
Ezekiel 36.16-38.
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