Reply To: About the RCA, I do shudder.

PopaBarAbba- You may say that everyone agrees to what I wrote, but that is not the case. Continually, you hear that it is “daas torah” about a subject and therefore, not to be disputed,making our Rabbonim infallible- which they are not.

No, I have never heard that definition of daas torah except by people like you who are making fun of it. It is a pretty classic strawman.

But I have heard people repeatedly say that things which are within the Torah’s purview are still somehow outside of the rabbonim’s purview. For example, a poster on this board recently said:

DaasYochid: I am not sure why you consider the election of a Chief Rabbi- or any rabbi, for that matter- a halachic matter? Most of the reasons are subjective, not objective.

As if the post of chief rabbi is not related to the Torah, and as if the Torah would not determine who ought to be the chief rabbi. It’s just like strawberry or vanilla yogurt.