[Avodah] YT Sheini Shell Golah and the Internet

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> I suggested here a number of years ago that the essence of Yom Tov
> sheini shel galiyos was a reminder that qiddush hachodesh ought to be
> al pi re'iyah. Therefore, even with a standardized calendar, we have a
> din derabbanan to preserve the minhag avos established when the calendar
> was in its ideal (if logistically more complex) state.
> 
> After all, at the time it went from pragmatically necessary minhag avos
> to being a taqanah, a fixed calendar was in use (if not exactly the same
> as our formula) and there was no need for communication.

You're forgetting the explicit reason that the letter "mitam" gave for
the takanah: we might make a mistake in the cheshbon, so since we
already have a minhag of keeping two days, we should continue it.  In
EY they are just as likely to make a mistake, but the Sanhedrin wasn't
prepared to start a new minhag just for that contingency.


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