The Sanhedrin

• The Sanhedrin was the supreme council and court of Jewish law.
  • Nasi – The president or leader of the Sanhedrin
  • Av Beit Din – The head of the court of law
• The two final prominent leaders before the destruction of the Second Temple were Hillel and Shammai.
  • Their discussions and disagreements were recorded and preserved.
  • The Sanhedrin ensured that proper legal decisions were made and that justice was upheld.

The sanhedrin covered enforcement, enactment, and execution.

Rabbinic law was the main focus of the pharisees -> they were the large group. But, there were also some incompetentent sadducees. Simon Ben Shetah removed them.

Yannai's slave killed a man. He refused to let the witnesses testify against him until someone tother than simon ben shetah lets him towards Gabriel smites the 70 judges who were scared to let them testify. Simon then asks hi mto testify again, and yannai stands up. But no judgment is made

Therse were the pairs who led the sanhedrin. There were two main ones at the end: Hillel and Shammai

After the destruction of the secon temple, Yochanan ben Zakkai moved the sanhedrin to yavneh.