Reply To: About the RCA, I do shudder.

popa-bar-abba-You are being facetious, aren’t you? You never heard of anyone asserting that “daas torah’ is infallible and we ust followe it? We must live in on different planets!

Correct. I have never heard such a notion except by people like you for the purpose of making fun of people like me.

Seriously: Do I frequently mislead you about what I think? If I thought that, would not readily admit to it? Give me some credit here please.

And you will have to show where, amongst all the many volumes of halacha, is there a direct instruction how to elect a rabbi ? Clearly, such a person needs some qualities but do you have any source that tells me whom to elect?

Oh no you don’t. A minute ago you clarified that you think anything controlled by the Torah is within the rabbonim’s purview. That cannot mean only things which have specific guidelines tailored to that circumstance since that is not true even in halacha.

But sure, there are plenty of sources I can point to with guidelines. There is plenty of guidance on what the qualities of an appointed rav should be. What planet do you live on?