In the story in the Babylonian Talmud relating R. Eliezer's argument concerning the "Oven of Akhnai"1. the assembly accepts R. Eliezer's argument when he was able to make a stream run backward2. the assembly accepts the Voice from Heaven that proclaims that R. Eliezer's position is always in agreement with the law (halachah)3. the walls of the meeting hall collapse on the assembly when they refuse to accept R. Eliezer's argument4. R. Jeremiah's claim that the law must follow the majority prevails even over a voice from heaven

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