R' Yitzchak Shifman | Sanhedrin 17a (16b bot-17a bot)

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Shalom everyone hope everyone's doing well today in we're going to learn 17A we're going to start the second to last line on going to have two sections in today's learning the first section we're going to clarify the sources for the debate we had in the mishna which is the size of the sanedrin according to hakama at 71 sanedrin according to hakama at 71 according to Ruda was 70 we'll find the sources for that and then the second section in a related discussion we'll discuss the story of elu which is a fascinating story and a lot of insights that we can derive from this story as well as always our learning should be a a merit for a full and speedy recovery for and we should only hear so let's get started bottom of 16b hear so let's get started bottom of 16b the bottom of the page at the two do we had a in back we had is what is the size of the Supreme Court of Judaism the saned the T in the said it's 71 and have said it was 70 this debate is contingent on the original Sun hedrin that was formed ated in the days ofu which were 70 people it's actually ofu which were 70 people it's actually in and theim there discuss how after different incidences that specifically the courts that were set up um the 70 that was set up to assist Moshe prior were destroyed and Moshe complains to Hashem he needs assistance so Hashem says to gather 70 elders now these 70 elders were going to see they eventually do join Moshe in helping to guide him with the people so the debate really is is Moshe

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2. 3:09guide the people so what's the emphasis of with you means 70 plus you you will…
3. 6:13regarding the lower courts there is this requirement that they should be like moshu that they…
4. 9:18see because when gather 7 men from the Elders of Israel mhe said like this what…
5. 12:33one does not desire you what could I do for you so this way what mhu…
6. 15:35getting killed I'm not interested in that what happened was after the because the the first…
7. 18:40Redemption and the one who took out of the other 273 that said five so you…
8. 21:46were they were actually prophesying as it implies in the Torah the next episode is about…
9. 24:52stopped but the they continued to prophesy where do we know that the other 70 they…
10. 28:02discussed earlier in the actually for a student to in place of his master we learned…

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