[Avodah] melucha

David Riceman driceman at optimum.net
Sun May 6 17:58:21 PDT 2018


RMB:

> 3- R' Dovid Cohen's formulation is based on melukhah. When malkhus
> stopped, muich of the king's power fell to the Sanhedrin. When the
> Sanhdring stopped, rabbanim inherited much of their authority, or act
> as their sheluchim in abstentia. Therefore, we are obligated to make
> gedolim our communal leadership. (Nothing to do with asking Daas Torah on
> personal issues, which this model does not speak about.) Right or wrong,
> they are supposed to lead.
> 
> RYBS's hesped for R CO Grozhinsky, "HaTzitz vehaChoshen" was made before
> RYBS's split from Agudah. His thesis was that the same kohein gadol who
> carries "Qadosh Lashem" on the tzitz is the same one who carries the
> names of the shevatim on the choshen, and whose Urim veTumim is asked
> questions of dividing nachalah or whether to go to war. Sounds much like
> the same model.


> How does this fit with Pesahim 112a al tadur b’ir sherasheha talmidei hahamim?

David Riceman


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