Q&A: "Do Not Deviate" after the Sanhedrin was abolished — is this only the Sefer HaChinukh’s view?
"Do Not Deviate" after the Sanhedrin was abolished — is this only the Sefer HaChinukh’s view?
Question
In many answers on the site (and in articles, etc.) it is said that "do not deviate" applies after the abolition of the Sanhedrin only according to the view of the Sefer HaChinukh.
Here: https://www.hamichlol.org.il/%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2_%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%97%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D#cite_ref-%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%91%22%D7%90_3-0
it says that this is also the view of the Rashba (Rashba responsa, part 2, section 322) and the Raavad (I didn’t have time to check the source for him).
Is that indeed the case?
Answer
I looked in the Rashba, and there is no claim there that this is because of "do not deviate." He writes that there is an obligation to obey, but its exact definition and force are unclear. In any case, even if someone else also wrote this, those are very surprising words.