Rosh Hashanah 31a Part 7/8

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why did the Sanhedrin go into golus in ten journeys, and where do the witnesses for the new moon have to go? To match the ten movements of the Shechina, the Sanhedrin moved in stages from Yerushalayim down to Teveria, and a dissenting view counts six. Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's takana spares the edim from following the Reish Beis Din. Through a story with Amemar, the Gemara shows that the takana is only about edus hachodesh.

Key points

• Teveria, the last stop of the Sanhedrin, is the deepest and lowest of the places.
• A dissenting view counts six moves, from six terms of lowering in a pasuk in Yeshaya.
• Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's takana sends the edim only to the makom havad, where the Beis Din gathers.
• Amemar limits the takana to edus hachodesh, so that witnesses will not stop coming in the future.
• Amemar brings the pasuk in Mishlei that a borrower is like an eved to the lender.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Ten journeys of the Sanhedrin
2. 2:59A dissenting count of six journeys
3. 6:09Another takana of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai
4. 8:27The edim and the makom havad
5. 10:54Making it easier for the edim
6. 14:04The woman summoned before Amemar
7. 18:39Rereading the Mishnah and Gemara

Topics

• Sanhedrin
• Kiddush HaChodesh
• Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai
• Edus