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daf bit: Bava Metzia 59
Oops, I failed to post this on Thursday (when it was current).
Bava Metzia 59 is where we get the famous story of Rabbi Eliezer arguing with the rest of the rabbis over the kosher status of an oven. He ends up appealing to heaven and a voice from above says "he's right", but even so the rabbis do not accept his proof because that's not an acceptable method of derivation. They end up excommunicating him, which upsets him greatly, and this causes various bad consequences. The lesson from this isn't to accept an invalid argument; they were right to overrule him. But there is a lesson here about how you deal with those you disagree with, which I learned more about in this lecture last Shavu'ot, so I'm going to link that. (I summarized for the minyan.)
Bava Metzia 59 is where we get the famous story of Rabbi Eliezer arguing with the rest of the rabbis over the kosher status of an oven. He ends up appealing to heaven and a voice from above says "he's right", but even so the rabbis do not accept his proof because that's not an acceptable method of derivation. They end up excommunicating him, which upsets him greatly, and this causes various bad consequences. The lesson from this isn't to accept an invalid argument; they were right to overrule him. But there is a lesson here about how you deal with those you disagree with, which I learned more about in this lecture last Shavu'ot, so I'm going to link that. (I summarized for the minyan.)