Daas torah is the idea that a person, a kadosh vitahor, who immerses himself in torah and the words of chazal, works on his middos and has achieved heights in judasim, views modern day happenings through the prism of torah, and decides things accordingly. the more deviant a person is from the ways of Hashem, the less his mind will work with torah principles, and fakehrt gohr, he will view things through his own prism which consists of personal nigi’us and taavos oilam hazeh. such a person-the first type- is therefore more qualified to offer or be asked his views on things which require a deeper, less obvious understanding/ position then that of the layman. to illustrate (this isnt entirely accurate but i tried) R’ Moshe ztl once issued a deiyah in regard to a certain matter. A person who felt strongly otherwise told r moshe that his view wasnt ‘daas torah’. R moshe responded,”Have you ever read a newspaper in your life? Well i havent- so what i think the torahs view is IS daas torah.” In other words, because R moshe was entirely immersed in shas and poskim, his very opinions emanated from the torah. i think thats pretty accurate.
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