[Avodah] daas torah and voting

[Eli Turkel]

<<Rather that the authority of the melekh fell to the Sanhedrin when
the melukhah ended, and from the Sanhedrin to the Rabbanim.>>

<<What an interesting formulation. What is the source that gives this
"fall" halachic force?>>

I doubt if the Reish Galuta or even the Nasi in EY would have agreed.
Similarly in the vaad arba aratzot
the rabbis had limited authority.
Hence, in practice the authority of the king never went to the rabbis.
In fact some would say that today it goes to the Israeli knesset
(debatable and not the topic but just
that one can throw in anything)

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Eli Turkel