[Avodah] havdallah, and other berachos

[Lisa Liel]

On 8/15/2011 11:01 AM, Zev Sero wrote:
> On 15/08/2011 11:32 AM, Lisa Liel wrote:
>> I always heard that. That there were 120 members from its inception
>> until its end, but never more than 71 at any one time.

> If the KhG never numbered more than 71, then how is it greater bechochma
> *uveminyan* than any subsequent sanhedrin?

Do we have a source that says that explicitly?


On 8/15/2011 11:16 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> 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.

Were they gerim?  I thought they were descendents of gerim.

Lisa