[Avodah] daat torah and voting

[Eli Turkel]

<<And, if the proof is from the explicit exclusion of foreign rabbanim,
it would seem that the civil leadership of the local rav was taken for
granted beyond the need for discussion!>>

taken for granted by whom?
In the days of the Maharal I dont think rabbis made civil decisions
but rather a group of rich Jews in town.
read about the vaad arba arazot

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Eli Turkel