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RABBINICAL JUDAISM TEACHES THAT THEIR RULINGS ARE GREATER THAN THE VOICE OF HEAVEN

Talmud: Baba Metzia 59b

Again he said to them: ‘If the halachah agrees with me, let it be proved from Heaven!’ Whereupon a Heavenly Voice cried out: ‘Why do ye dispute with R. Eliezer, seeing that in all matters the halachah agrees with him!’