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“I have little use for the notion of Da’as Torah”.
While generally speaking I don’t have a problem with most of your posts & you seem to be a fine person, nevertheless that statement is borderline apikorsus.
Being that you’re a lawyer & I’m just a regular Joe I know I’m not going to change your mind, but I’ll give it a try anyway.
Clearly a Jew has to do what the Torah wants, I think we can all agree on that.
The notion of Da’as Torah simply states that someone who has spent the last 70 or so years of his life learning Torah uninterruted while living, sleeping & breathing only Torah probably has a better idea than me & you of how the Torah views a particular situation.
Certainly we each have are own views how WE may view it, but our views are coming from minds that are filled with all kinds of junk while the views of an Adam Gadol are generally going to be representative of the Torah’s outlook on the issue.
Therefore being that ultimately we want to do what the Torah wants, it would behoove us to be mevatel OUR da’as to Da’as Torah.