[Avodah] YT Sheini Shell Golah and the Internet

[Zev Sero]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:

> In the good old days there were 2 classes of YT observance 
> YT Rishon only - within the perimeter of "maqom shemaggim sham
> hashluchim", And outisde that perimeter where 2 days were observed
> Given today's comunications the entire world is notifiable virtually
> instantly. [Exempt RH because on YT internet or phone is probably not
> shayyach]
> 
> So maqqom magiim is really now the entire world including our Golah

Ein hachi nami; when kiddush hachodesh al pi har'iyah will be renewed,
YT Sheni will probably disappear, except for RH.  And there won't be
any shluchim, just a tweet, which will automatically update everyone's
calendar.


> So - except for RH -
> Since the gzeira-taqqana is no longer applicable
> Therefore why observe 2 days of YT nowadays in the golah?

I don't understand the question.  What has that got to do with now,
when we don't have KhChAPhR?  We don't keep YT Sheni now because of
a safek, we keep it because "shalchu mitam" -- the Sanhedrin told us
to keep it.  It's a halacha d'rabbanan, just like chicken and milk.
What difference can it possibly make how far the news could spread,
were there any news *to* spread?  If you're in a place where the
shluchim didn't reach back when there were shluchim, and therefore
"minhag avotechem" was to keep two days, then the Sanhedrin ordered
that you keep two days; whether a 2nd day will be kept there in the
3rd BHMK times is irrelevant.

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