The first image shows a minor sanhedrin court with two scribes (light blue robes) standing to either side of the judges. I don't know whether they kept their supplies in a desk near their post or perhaps they had a clerk who would bring them more parchment and ink as needed.
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| Minor sanhedrin courthouse |
In the next image you can see the same scribes at work in the Chamber of Hewn Stone, recording the proceedings of the great sanhedrin of seventy-one judges.
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| Great sanhedrin meeting in the Chamber of Hewn Stone |
Hi Rav. Elan. According to those who hold that the Sanhedrin Ketana in the Ezras Noshim was near the Lishkas Metzoraim and the 15 steps, do we know how high it was? The women watching the Leviim singing on Simchas Beis Ha Showeiva and music would surely have had to had a clear view! if the Sanehdrin Ketana was too high, some of the woman at various parts when viewing from the balconies, would have had their view obstructed by the building? This is what I am thinking. Please will you tell me if you know if any Raya as to the height of the Sanhedrin Ketana to the Ezras Noshim.
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Yoshe Ber Merber
Well, I can't think of any direct source that gives us the height of the Sanhedrin building. The Gemara notes that from the dimensions of the Heychal Building we learn proper proportions, including that the interior height (40 amos in the Heychal) should be twice the door height (20 amos in the Heychal). That, I think, would represent an upper limit since the Heychal was akin to a palace which is a regal building. The Sanhedrin door size is not specified in the sources, but if we give it the somewhat standard size of, let's say, 7 feet, then I would make the building no taller than 14 feet.
DeleteThank you! So that would make the Height of the roof at 8 -9 Amos high. just over 4 meters. Because it was not the Great Sanhedrin with a high roof and ornate inside and outside, it would have no doubt just been big enough to serve its purpose.
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