[Avodah] Stam yeinam of Giyur Candidates

[David Riceman]

Micha Berger wrote:
> However, not nogai'ah here. We're talking about actual gezeiros made
> by an actual beis din hagadol vs an era which doesn't have beis din of
> any sort -- there is nothing to be gadol mimenu.
I wonder.  Is it possible to date the gezeirah of stam yeinam to before 
Sanhedrin left Lishkat HeGazit (40 years before huban habayit)? 
Ohterwise the justification is universal acceptance, which is in many 
ways more stringent.

David Riceman