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RABBINICAL JUDAISM TEACHES
THAT THEIR RULINGS ARE GREATER THAN THE VOICE OF HEAVEN
Talmud: Baba Metzia 59b
But R. Joshua arose and exclaimed: βIt is not in heaven.β What did he mean by this? β Said R. Jeremiah: That the Torah had already been given at Mount Sinai; we pay no attention to a Heavenly Voice, because Thou hast long since written in the Torah at Mount Sinai, After the majority [of rabbis] must one incline [accept their ruling].