DaasYochid: well, we are a lot closer in thought than originally expounded. Of course, we learn from our Rebbeim and other Gedolim-whether in behavior or learning, it is part of our DNA, (Aseh lecho Rav). I was responding originally to Sam2’s assertion that all of torah shebaal peh is infallible. On that, I think there is a difference between halocho- clearly, we accept the dinim of the mishne and gemoro, although this gets diluted as we descend the generations- and between hashkofo (still, a very imprecise and nebulous subject) and aggadata- with all its pitfalls in understanding what is being said and its relationship with reality.
