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Let the court strike him with 21 lashes, and if he dies with this last one, let him die. According to the medical evaluation, he will still be alive after the 20th lash. There would be no concern of flogging a dead man, as when the court strikes him with the 21st lash, it is upon the back of a livi
§ The Mishnah teaches: The intercalation of the month is performed by a panel of 3 judges. The Talmud extrapolates: The tanna does not teach: The calculation to determine if the month must be extended is performed by 3 judges, and he does not teach: The sanctification of the new month is performed
Abaye said: Emend the text of the Mishnah and teach: The sanctification of the new month is performed by 3 judges. This is also taught in a baraita (Tosefta 2:1): The sanctification of the new month and the intercalation of the year is performed by 3 judges; this is the statement of R' Meir. Rava s
And in accordance with whose opinion is this? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Elazar ben Tzadok, as it is taught in a Mishnah (Rosh HaShana 24a): R' Elazar ben Tzadok says: If the new moon was not seen at its anticipated time, the court does not formally sanctify the New Moon on the foll
Taking the opposite opinion, Rav Naḥman says: In the instance of sanctification of the new moon after the intercalation of the month through the addition of a 30th day to the previous month, the sanctification is performed by 3 judges. But if the New Moon is declared on the day of the intercalation