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Or perhaps, for liability we require the awareness of the same court that issued the ruling, and that court no longer exists. The Talmud concludes: The dilemma shall stand unresolved.
§ R' Yonatan says: Even in the case of 100 judges who convened to issue a ruling and erred, they are not liable to bring an offering unless they all issue that ruling, as it is stated with regard to liability to bring the offering: “And if the entire assembly of Israel shall act unwittingly” (Levit
We learned in the Mishnah: If the court issued that ruling, and one of the judges knew that they erred, despite the fact that the majority ruled against his opinion, or if he was a student and was qualified to issue halakhic rulings, and that judge or student proceeded and performed that transgress
The Talmud notes that one may infer: It is this judge or student who is liable, but another who acts on the basis of the ruling of the court is exempt. But why would he be exempt? The ruling is not completed if it is not unanimous. The Talmud answers: What are we dealing with here? We are dealing w
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear proof from a Mishnah (4b): If the court issued a ruling, and one of the judges knew that they erred and he said to them: You are mistaken, they are exempt. One may infer: The reason that they are exempt is that the judge said to them: You are mistaken. But if he w