[Avodah] kitniyot

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Eli Turkel wrote:

> BTW if the future Sanhedrin gets rid of gezerot that no longer
> make sense I vote for eliminating the second day of YT outside
> Israel. Given modern communications, the whole world would know
> the time of kiddush hachodesh instantaneously. RH might be a
> problem but there might be technological answers to that also.

Shavuos mochiach.

Even with *ancient* communications, the whole world knew the correct
date of Rosh Chodesh Nisan by the time Shavuos arrived. Nine weeks and
one day later, it is Shavuos.

Rosh Chodesh Iyar is irrelevant. Rosh Chodesh Sivan is irrelevant. If
you know Rosh Chodesh Nisan, then you know Shavuos. It's just
arithmetic.

Obviously, uncertainty about R"C Nisan is NOT the only reason to have
a second day of Shavuos. There must be other reasons too. If you can
discover all of them, and explain all of them, and explain how Shavuos
fits, *then* we can discuss "gezerot that no longer make sense".

Akiva Miller