[Avodah] Minhag Yisroel

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 11/1/07, Rich, Joel <JRich at sibson.com> wrote:
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> The Ramban there says that we deduce from this pasuk that a king
> b'yisroel or sanhedrin gedola in the presence of all Israel who has the
> authority to institute judgments, if they declare something cherem, one
> who violates this is guilty of death. And, according to the Chatam Sofer
> in teshuva 208 of Orech Chaim, this is because the mechanism that gives
> this authority, which then operated to give the authority to the later
> statement by Yehoshua that anybody who transgresses his command shall be
> put to death (which can't be the primary source as it is from Nach) is
> found in this pasuk as follows:  All of Yisroel said to Yehoshua that
> whoever transgresses your command shall be put to death, thus creating a
> cherem from the Torah which, based on this pasuk, makes the transgressor
> liable from the Torah to be put to death.
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> Chana
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So what is the status of Cherem de Rabbeinu Gershom?  Is it a PRIVATE Cherem
or a public Cherem albeit not as authoritative as it would have been in the
presence of a Sanhedrin?

Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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