Talk:Modern attempts to revive the Sanhedrin

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Contents 1 Introduction and Background 2 Proposed Changes to Text 3 History of Disputes 4 Minor Issues 5 They blew the shofar 6 Yakov Berav or Jacob Berab 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.jpg 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Sanhedrin in session.jpg

[edit] Introduction and Background

Gentlemen, we need to get a couple things out here if we are going to continue this in a civilized manner. I request that each of you sign below this text that you agree to the following statements. I consider these to be essential and mandatory to our progress here:

• Anything you add to this article has to be verifiable through reliable sources. Adding unverifiable text to this article is useless to serious readers.
• Adding and removing text from this article to make a point is plain disruptive, and likewise useless.
• Protecting pages harms the encyclopedia when it can be prevented through thoughtful discourse - that's what we're supposed to be doing here.
• We are not going to edit disputed sections of the article until we agree on wording here on the talk page.

I'll be the first one to agree. :)

• --Aguerriero (talk) 14:47, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• --Historian2 14:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC) I'll be the second
• -- — Rickyrab | Talk 22:12, 9 October 2006 (UTC) I, who am coming in from the wild, I, who happen to be Reform and think this Sanhedrin is, pardon my French, bullshit, shall be the third, as I believe that honorable editing is a Wikimitzvah.

[edit] Proposed Changes to Text

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[edit] History of Disputes

• The text concerning Rabbi Shach about Rabbi Steinsaltz (the nasi, or president, of the New Sanhedrin) as "evil" (CLOSED by compromise text)
• The text concerning Litvish opposition to Rabbi Steinsaltz is held by all groups of Hareidim (CLOSED by compromise text)
• The text concerning concerning Rabbi Ariel's books being "poison" (CLOSED by compromise text)
• The text concerning Rabbi Yoel Shwartz and Rabbi Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron being respected only by minor and controversial groups (CLOSED by compromise text)
• The text concerning personal comments by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ulman that Rabbi Levanoni is "lying"(CLOSED, not in text)
• The text concerning "will ever be one that the Haredi community can embrace." (CLOSED still in text)
• The text concerning Yated Newspaper in it's opeds is the official mouthpiece of the leadership of the Litvish leadership. (CLOSED still in text)
• The text concerning "there is clear opposition in the Hareidi camp to the new Sanhedrin" (CLOSED, no interest, still in text)
• The text saying the Sanhedrin ascended the Temple Mouint (CLOSED by compromise text)
• The text "a few of the "main scholars"" (CLOSED by compromise text)
• The text labeling the new 'Sanhedrin' as a National Religious institution, leading to discussion of definition of what is National Religious, Haredi, Hardal, Orthodox, Modern Orthodox, etc. (CLOSED, not in text)
• The text "All Haredi Rabbis forbid ascent to the Temple Mount" (CLOSED by compromise text)
• The text "Waiting to establish a Sanhedrin in every city" (CLOSED as unsupported, not in text)
• The text "Sanhedrin does not see it self as the Great Sanhedrin" (CLOSED as unsupported, not in text)
• The text "Temple Mount Faithful movement to loses interest" (CLOSED by compromise text)
• General comment, no specific text, Daniel1575 disputes entire article as POV (CLOSED)
• The paragraph "The debate stirred within the Haredi camp" (CLOSED, need to fold in text from talk page)
• Deleting 'Rambamist' section (DISPUTED as OR, CLOSED need to fold in sources from talk page)
• The debate stirred within the Haredi camp (CLOSED, probably POV, but no interest to change)
• Deleting 'Rambamist' section, (CLOSED by compromise text "Yemenite Opinion")
• General Change Proposed, delete claims to "Sanhedrin", (CLOSED, change would be POV)
• Ascended to a portion of the Temple mount, proposed text "all halachic authorities forbid it" by Daniel575, (CLOSED, added reference to Yated article in later section)
• The Sanhedrin's Actions, dispute-section tag by Daniel575, (CLOSED, removed, nothing specific disputed)
• Biography of Rabbi Halberstam, deleted by Daniel575, (CLOSED, short biography placed back in)
• Formal Complaint (CLOSED)

[edit] Minor Issues

Under 'controversy', it says that '...Rather than a source of religious division, G-d forbid, it is a vehicle...' Is the 'G-d' realy necessary, or even correct, or did he actually say 'God', enouncianting the 'o'? Becuase if he didn't literally say 'G-d', then this is incorrct and, I suspect, not in line with Wiki policy, as it would be an example of religious bias. Secondly, do the sections under contovery realy need to all be called 'the debate stirred within the ...camp'? As they do not literally have tents, they are not camps but groups, and the phrase is very cumbersome, looking ugly on the contents page. Wouldn't it be better to simply name the group? And are we really quoting from some random person's blog? If the are important, this should be acknowledged. Larklight 20:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

The quote appears on their website with almost exactly the wording as it appears here. They say it is from Arutz-7, but I couldn't find it. As far a the second question, about the relevance of the sections under contoversy, I tend to agree with you. They seem to add something, but not in proportion to the space the take up. --Historian2 07:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Amazing there would be so much controversy over this article. Still, as for the important scholars of the Haredi community, shouldn't they make some kind of statement regarding the attempts at restarting the Sanhedrin? Their silence could be interpreted as either tacit support, or as ignoring an "irrelevant" movemnet. Wiki is a great tool in fostering broad consensus about this issue. Also, why is Sanhedrin automatically pooled with extreme right-wing Religious Zionists, and/or Kahanist elements? The Kahanists are listed as terrorists by Western governments; it would be shameful for such a noble effort to restart the Sanhedrin be associated with such movements. 130.91.98.31 02:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The Haredim are not silent on this. They actually have made much comment about it. This is another case of Wikipedia rewriting reality. 124.168.28.42 21:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

We have been through this before, see the archives. Do you have a source with "much comment"? --Historian2 11:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] They blew the shofar

"They blew the shofar on Rosh Hashanah in September 2006, which fell on a Shabbat. This was essentially a claim to the rights and authority of a true Sanhedrin."

No the so-called sanhedrin did not blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. Some members went on their own to blow the shofar. I would share more details but most of them are not public. I hate to do this but I am going to link to an anal website for a source of what I said above. This by no means I support their methods. However, it is the only public source of information on the issue. There are issues of privacy that the website takes into no consideration and I do no recommend it to be directly included in the article. [1] 124.168.28.42 21:12, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

The wording "they blew" is based on Haaretz, what wording would you suggest? --Historian2 11:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I have no problem with the wording of "they blew." Please re-read what I said. 124.168.28.42 15:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Well?

I don't follow. Please suggest better wording. --Historian2 09:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

The shofar blowing had no relation to the sanhedrin. Media is not an accurate source. They feel free to call whoever whatever they want. Just like JPost calls 300 or so homosexual Jews wearing European clothes ultra-orthodox. Imagine me arguing on the Charedi article because JPosts calls these people ultra-orthodox the view of ultra-othrodoxy is tolerant to homosexuality. 124.168.9.180 04:52, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yakov Berav or Jacob Berab

Are these the same guy? Please pick one spelling & stick with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.17.182.210 (talk) 15:29, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sanhedrin in session.jpg

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