Rabbiofberlin,
A number of issues you mention I adressed in previous posts. (Holocaust)
Follow the Da’as Torah of whoever your Rebbe, Rosh Yeshiva or Rav may be…JUST FOLLOW DA”AS TORAH!
‘Cause our da’as is da’as baalabatim, which is hepech da’as torah.
Cantoresq,
Allow me to point out that most often our information is coming from newspapers,t.v., internet, what our friend told us during laining etc…the point is, there is no reason to assume that our information is more accurate than theirs.
Last time I checked most of us were not either engaged in investigating facts. We just rely on whomever we heard it from. So it’s not like our da’as is such hot stuff.
When it comes to elections & other such matters, 99% of the time we are arriving at our conclusions based on what we consider to be our own brilliant analyzation of the situation, but again, Hashem’s opinion is nowhere in the equation.
Someone who lives, breathes & sleeps Torah will have a knack, sixth sense, innate ability or chush to “feel” the ratzon Hashem in any particular situation with which they are somewhat familiar.
This is not blind, foolish faith. As I pointed out before, this is common sense & true to any proffesion in the world.
Can a Gadol make a mistake?
Sure. But the odds of him making a mistake as to the ratzon hashem are about 5% (maybe), while the odds of us making a mistake are somewhere between 50-100%.