Rav Moshe Soloveichik objected to his son’s choice. Rav Joseph Soloveichik wrote a very respectful letter whose bottom line was that he did not have to listen. RMS said that he was right. As for ruach hakodesh, that does not exist in our times except maybe one in a generation. Even then he does not pasken according to it. How many Jews perished because they were told not to leave Europe when they had the chance? There was a guy in Givat Shaul who was telling people who had been happily married for decades that according to ruach hakodesh they had to get divorced. Rav Mordechai Eliahu ran him out of town. There was another one in Maalot Dafna who claimed to check mezzuzot according to ruach hakodesh. Rav Yaakov Hillel tested him and found that he did not even know what the Shulchan Aruch says. Some have done much worse things which I doubt that the Moderator will allow to be mentioned. IMHO, it is absolutely prohibited to go to people like that.
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