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size=2>> We are faced with the problem of what the Rambam meant by the
prophet's <BR>> beis din. <snip> I'll stick with my view that the
Rambam is describing the <BR>> links in teaching Oral Torah and was not
describing Sanhedrin at all. <BR>> However there doesn't seem to be any hard
data which would resolve our <BR>> disagreement.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>From: R' David Riceman:
<DIV><BR><BR>>>See H. Issurei Biah 22:3 "gazar David ubeith dino ..."
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<DIV>I understood that to mean "the bais din of his time" -- the bais din that
was around when he was making decrees (as a king can) and asking the bais din
for their approbation.<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>