Sage regulations that are considered null and void
Hello Rabbi Michael,
I wanted to ask about the regulation of the 19th of Sheni for postcards. The reason for the regulation is now null and void, since today no emissaries are sent out from the Land of Israel to announce the sanctification of the month. So why not abolish this regulation?
Best regards,
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This is a complicated question. In general, the halacha states that a nullification of a reason does not nullify a regulation (although it seems that the Rabbad disagrees with the Rambam on this, see the beginning of the Halacha of Mary). See Bitza 5a regarding the decoration of the Jerusalem markets with fruit and sails around them.
And even if it is possible to cancel the regulation when its reason is nullified, this requires the Great Council (Sanhedrin), since something that is in the Minyan (determined in the Minyan) requires another Minyan to permit. We have not had a Sanhedrin for two thousand years, and therefore we have sunk into a disturbing dilemma. I am looking for different ways to circumvent this dilemma, and I believe there are some. But the poskim and rabbis usually object to them because of fear of Reformers, etc. (in my opinion, this is a mistake, and there is no room here to elaborate).
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