Lo Bashamayim Hi and the Bas Kol

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Once the Torah was given, why is halacha no longer decided in heaven? Following the rov can mean the rov is likelier to be right, or that the rov defines the halacha. Those two views help explain when Ruach HaKodesh, a bas kol or Nevuah can still play a part, from Eliyahu's ravens to the halachos forgotten after Moshe Rabbeinu.

Key points

• We follow the rov either because it is likelier right, or because it is right by definition.
• The Chasam Sofer explains that Beis Shammai, the sharper minds, saw themselves as the rov.
• Perhaps the Tanna who said Lo Bashamayim rejects every bas kol, unlike Rabbi Yirmiya's narrower view.
• The Pardes Yosef lets Nevuah restore only what pilpul could never work out.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Matan Torah and Lo Bashamayim Hi
2. 2:47Two ways to follow the rov
3. 7:34Eliyahu, the ravens and Ruach HaKodesh
4. 12:34The bas kol in Eruvin
5. 18:47Chasam Sofer on who is the rov
6. 22:22Brachos: a beraisa before the bas kol
7. 33:01Halachos lost after Moshe Rabbeinu
8. 35:14Megillah: the final letters and the Neviim
9. 39:09Aravah in Sukkah and the Pardes Yosef

Topics

• Lo Bashamayim Hi
• Bas Kol
• Rov
• Ruach HaKodesh