[Avodah] havdallah, and other berachos

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:01:51PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> If the KhG never numbered more than 71, then how is it greater bechochma
> *uveminyan* than any subsequent sanhedrin?

Minyan hatalmidim shebayeshivah - Bartenura (Edios 1:5)

There is a logical problem with Shemaya veAvtalyon being one of the zugos,
since that means that those two geirim were dayanim in the Sanhedrin, and
one, the av beis din. One suggestion is that while they contributed to the
discussion and ran the court, they weren't voting members.

I mention this because the otion of non-voting members is another way
two Sanhedrins could have 71 members, and yet still be larger in terms
of who contributed to those 71 people reaching their consensus.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha