Reply To: Question of an ignorant, closed-minded Lubavitcher

Some questions for those who say that the Gemara must always be taken at face value and if any talmid chacham tries to prove that there is a deeper pshat it is “against chazal” and one must close their ears to any explanations:

Similar to the chazal that you keep quoting that משמתו חגי זכריה מלאכי נסתלקה רוח הקודש מישראל, the Gemara in Sotah says that since the churban בטלה זכוכית לבנה – there is no longer white glass.
What if I were to tell you that it still exists, as it says clearly in other Gemaros. Therefore, the Gemara in Sotah must be understood differently (hint: see Tosfos Shabbos 20b הכוונה שאינה מצויה כל כך).
Will you shut your ears and say that I am going against a clear Gemara!?

Or, if j say that the Baal Hatanya was a great ענו, or that the Vilna Gaon was afraid of sin, will you attack me for going against the Gemara (the same Gemara about nevua in Sotah) that says: משמת רבי בטלה עונה ויראת חטא

And if I told you that the Dubner Maggid told great meshalim, am I an apikores since משמת רבי מאיר בטלו מושלי משלים!?

Should I give you a list of rishonim and achronim (even Gemaros) that name many people after the times of Chagai Zecharia Melachi who they call neviim or say that they had ruach hakodesh, despite the Gemara that ruach hakodesh left Yisroel?

Obviously, the Gemara still has to be explained. I didn’t prove anything, except that it’s okay to delve deeper and see if the Gemara should really be taken at face value. Yet, you refuse to believe that the Rebbe could give any possible explanation. Do you expect me to write a lengthy 10 page well sourced pilpul here on the coffeeroom?