Reply To: Clarification to mod and DaMoshe

Yb,

“A] Rambams respecting talmidei hahamim has NOTHING AT ALL to do with the question of infallibility.
Please CS , can you own up to this one ?

B] “Rebelling against his rebbi” is mentioned in the context of answering she’elot without the Rebi’s permission or in the rebbi’s locality.
[Cf Sh’A hilhot kevod rabbo]
Not in the context of infallibility .
Sh’A permits [even mandates] to argue on one rebbi’s halahic decisions, provided it s done respectfully.
Please CS , can you own up to this one too ?”

I saw the page in the sefer hamitzvos and would need to look it up in greater detail- could be your right- if you have sources even better.

Regardless, no one is infallible. R’ Yochanan kohen gadol case in point. Now, there is a story of the Noda Biyehuda who was sure he paskened wrongly because the shaila wasn’t practical. The same with a story in early Chabad (AR and TT). How does this go?

When a leader sincerely tries to do what’s right, he has siyata dishmaya not to make mistakes (which will also affect others.)

But, if he slips to his yetzer hara in something minor to most people, it can become a slippery slope and he can end up an open rasha like the story of RYKG mentioned above.

“C] Al yemin shehu smol veal smol shehu yemin , the rashi you mentioned is speaking about sanhedrin hagadol in yerushalayim where it is indeed prohibited to argue against”

I don’t recall Rashi mentioning Sanhedrin, just quoting it in relation to our leaders. You’re welcome to correct