House of Gd is on my land Want it gone hope you understand Study hard and youll see a man That aint got no use for god Minding god aint on my brain Bleeding god aint in my vein If theres a judge i plead insane I aint got now use for god Empirically i see the world Mans a clam that aint got now pearl When i tumble dont plan to twirl I aint got no use for god In my mind on earth I dwell Where Ive seen heaven and been to hell Ive lived more lives than i can tell I aint got no use for god Talmudic Source My children have defeated me! It is taught On that day R. Eliezer brought forward every imaginable argument, but the Sages did not accept any of them. Finally he said to them Again R. Eliezer then said to the Sages, If the Halakhah agrees with me, let it be proved from heaven. Sure enough, a divine voice cried out, Why do you dispute with R. Eliezer, with whom the Halakhah always agrees? R. Joshua stood up and protested The Torah is not in heaven! Deut. 3012. We pay no attention to a divine voice because long ago at Mount Sinai You wrote in your Torah at Mount Sinai, After the majority must one incline. Ex. 232 R. Nathan met [the prophet] Elijah and asked him, What did the Holy One do at that moment? Elijah He laughed [with joy], saying, My children have defeated Me, My children have defeated Me.
eliezer, halakhah, defeated, sinai, agrees