A need for creative judges

Hi,

Preface: Vayikra 11:29-38 lists varieties of sheretz (crawling creatures) that are ritually impure.

"Rav Yehudah said, citing Rav: We only seat on the Sanhedrin (the highest rabbinical court) one who knows how to argue, from biblical sources, that a sheretz is ritually pure."

 אמר רב יהודה אמר רב: אין מושיבין בסנהדרין אלא מי שיודע לטהר את השרץ מן התורה.

(Talmud, Sanhedrin 17a)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

No justice, No joy - Part II

Hi,

Continuing from yesterday's link between the dissolution of the Sanhedrin and the end of musical celebration, the Talmud Yerushalmi clarifies that the loss of the Sanhedrin led to the sages banning song:

"Rav Chisda said: In the beginning the awe of the Sanhedrin was upon them, and people did not say repellent things in their songs. Now that the awe of the Sanhedrin is not upon them, they say repellent things in their songs."

(Talmud Yerushalmi Sotah 9:12)

Have a good day,
Mordechai

No justice, No joy - Part I

Hi,

"When the Sanhedrin ceased, song ceased from the party houses, as it is written, ‘They will not drink wine with song.’… How do we know that this was written specifically when the Sanhedrin ceased? Rav Huna son of Rav Yehoshua explained: It is from, ‘The elders ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.’"

(Talmud, Sotah 48a)

To be continued...

Have a great day,
Mordechai