My erstwhile “Rabbi” of Berlin: Your comments are a little muddling but I will try o make some sense! Indeed there was great opposition to Mendelsohn’s translation of the Chumash into German from all orthodox circles led mainly by the Chassam Sofer. My point is that this is indeed not a point of halacha but hashkafa (for that generation and that generation ONLY). The Gedolim took a stand, and believe it or not, the balabatim accepted and followed their call to ban the Mendelsohn translation. I am sure that had you lived in those times you would have vehemently protested against the Rabbis and proudly displayed a leather-bound copy in your study!! Even during he Chassam Sofer’s lifetime he was asked about Reb Shimshon Refoel Hirsh’s books in German and indeed over the years the daas Torah changed to fit and apply to the relevant generation. Sometimes 2 people can ask a Rabbi the same hashkafa question and get told different advice. What is correct for Reuvain is not necessarily correct for Shimon.
Your comments about infallibility are correct, nobody suggests that the Rabbonim are Gods and that they cannot make mistakes etc etc. Our point is, and continues to be even when you try to twist around, that in a similar way that even you agree that one may go to a Godol for a bracha and his bracha is worth more than a simple person BECAUSE he is a Godol and his relationship with HaShem is closer than you or me and therefore he is included in the saying “???? ???? ????”? ?????”. So too a Godol has the siyatta dishmaya (a concept that you always totally disregard) to answer in the way that is correct for that person. Just because the business deal might fail afterwards does not mean that the advice given was wrong for that person. Can you know the cheshbonos of shomayim? Maybe this loss saved him from other worse scenarios or maybe even the zchus of following the Rabbi and not losing his bitochon after the loss, gained him untold merit in Olam Haboh.
The akeida is commonly known as “akeidas yitzchok”, however it really was Avrohom who had this major nisayon. The meforshim explain that Avrohom was told directly from HaShem and therefore the nisayon was somewhat easier as he was sure he was doing the right thing. Yitzchok only knew about it from Avrohom and he still happily accepted the instructions because he had emunas chachomim and didnt try to argue that maybe Avrohom misunderstood, didnt know all the facts, wasnt an expert, got bad information, and who knows what else but trusted blindly even to the extent of mesiras nefesh literally. For this reason it is called akeidas yitzchok. Food for thought dear rabbi…
I have much more to say but enough for now…