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Comments on Does the nascent Sanhedrin in Israel sanctify the new moon with witnesses?

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Does the nascent Sanhedrin in Israel sanctify the new moon with witnesses?

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In 2004, a group of rabbis in Israel attempted to begin the process of re-establishing the Sanhedrin using the Rambam's method of universal consensus to re-establish the line of semikha. Rabbi Moshe Halberstam was selected as the first musmakh and he proceeded to confer semikha on others until enough rabbis had been granted semikha to establish a Sanhedrin, which R' Adin Steinsaltz, as Nasi, referred to as the "Nascent Sanhedrin".

As far as I can tell, this new Nascent Sanhedrin is still active; albeit quietly. Rambam, whose opinion was relied upon to re-establish semikha, also holds that whenever a Sanhedrin exists, new months must be established through testimony (Hilkhos Kiddush HaChodesh 5:2). Does this new Sanhedrin sanctify the new month through witnesses? Is there any record of this happening?

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AA ‭ wrote over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago

I don't know what the Sanhedrin does, but there are still people trying to witness it. I saw the new moon of Av on Tuesday night. Teeny tiny sliver.

Harel13‭ wrote over 4 years ago

BTW, it seems Rabbi Steinsaltz quit after a few years.