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There once was oven made of tile and sand the owner didn't know if he could use to bake
So he put the question in the Rabbi's hands and their words wound the oven like a coiling snake
Rabbi Eliezer said that is was pure Rabban Gamliel did not agree Rabbi Eliezer said I am sure
All the other Rabbis said we shall see: Lo Bashamayim Hi
Eliezer said I know I'm right - let this tree uproot if the law agrees. Out came the tree, then the Rabbis fight, said
No proof can be brought from carob trees. He asked for the river to change its course
prove his point, run the other way but the movement of the river had no force
Gamliel and the Rabbis could not be swayed. Eliezer pleaded to the walls and they started caving in without delay
Rabbi Yehoshua admonished them So they re stuck at an angle to this day. Lo Bashamayim Hi
And then Rabbi Eliezer cried out in frustration, If the law is on my side, let it be proved
from Heaven! Why do you argue with Rabbi Eliezer when you know in these matters he is always right?!
But Rabbi Yehoshua rose and exclaimed, The law is not in heaven! Lo Bashamayim Hi
God smiles and laughs at what God sees "Ah, my sons have defeated me. Lo Bashamayim Hi"
The Rabbis voted to cast him out. But who should let Eliezer know, so destruction of the world
won't come about? His student, Akiva said I will go. He wrapped himself in black
and sat nearby "The Rabbis separate themselves from you." Eliezer wrent his clothes and began to cry
As the crops on the earth did wither too - Lo Bashamayim Hi
Rabban Gamliel was on a ship after the decision had been handed down, when a large wave threatened to disrupt
his trip So he cried to the sky as he prepared to drown.
God this decision was the one to take so the children of Israel would not divide. I only acted for Your sake and the raging
waves did then subside. Lo Bashamayim Hi Eliezer' s wife, Ima Shalom, tried her best to keep
her husband from praying fully and truly. One day she turned her back and Eliezer prayed
with all his might. Ima Shalom cried out, you have killed my brother, Rabban Gamliel!
Word came from Gamliel s house that this was true. How did you know this would happen?
asked Eliezer. Even though the gates in heaven s above can be closed to us and our earthly
cares the voice of the hurt comes through with love And so God listened to your prayers
Lo Bashamayim Hi Even though the gates of heaven above are closed to us from way up
there the voice of the hurt comes through with love and so God listened to your prayers
Lo Bashamayim Hi - Is the law in the sky for none to see? Does the law reside with you and me?
Lo Bashamayim Hi - Who has the true authority? Is it our responsibility?
Lo Bashamayim Hi