The greater Sanhedrin and the smaller Sanhedrin

Synopsis

We learn about the greater Sanhedrin of Moses and the smaller Sanhedrin of Aaron, both of which had seventy members. Moses was the best man of the King, Tiferet, while Aaron was the best man of the Queen, Malchut. This section tells about the seventy tongues, the seventy aspects of the Torah, the seventy interpretations of the holy tongue in the Torah, the numerical value of secret (sod), the chariot of seventy seats, and the seven Sfirot of Zeir Anpin each comprising ten. Moses and Aaron, the heads of the Sanhedrin, complete the number of the Sanhedrin to 72.

Aaron Daughter Moses Offering Precepts Rachel Sanhedrin Seven Year Zeir Anpin

335. Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd). It is a precept to bring an offering for the greater Sanhedrin if they erred. LISTEN, Tannaim and Amoraim, there were seventy members in the greater Sanhedrin when Moses was over them and seventy in the smaller Sanhedrin when Aaron was over them. WHEN MOSES WAS IN CHARGE OVER THEM THEY WERE CONSIDERED A GREATER SANHEDRIN, AND WHEN AARON WAS OVER THEM THEY WERE CONSIDERED SMALLER SANHEDRIN. The sages therefore said that Moses was the best man of the King, Tiferet; NAMELY, HE CONDUCTED TIFERET TO JOIN MALCHUT. Therefrom is the Sanhedrin great, WHO BEARS THE ASPECT OF TIFERET. Aaron was the best man of the Queen, Malchut, whom we call the small Hei, as in: "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger (lit. 'smaller') daughter" (Beresheet 29:18). FOR RACHEL IS MALCHUT, AND IS CONSIDERED SMALL and they are called the smaller Sanhedrin after her. SO WHEN AARON, MALCHUT'S BEST MAN, WHO RAISES HER TO ZEIR ANPIN, PRESIDED OVER THE SANHEDRIN, THE SANHEDRIN WAS CONSIDERED SMALL.

335. (רעיא מהימנא) פִּקּוּדָא דָּא לְהָבִיא קָרְבָּן עַל סַנְהֶדְּרֵי גְּדוֹלָה שֶׁטָּעוּ, תָּנָאִין וַאֲמוֹרָאִין ע' סַנְהֶדְּרֵי גְּדוֹלָה הָיוּ, וּמֹשֶׁה עָלַיְיהוּ. וְע' סַנְהֶדְּרֵי קְטַנָּה הֲווֹ, וְאַהֲרֹן עָלַיְיהוּ. וּבְגִין דָּא אָמְרוּ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, מֹשֶׁה שׁוּשְׁבִינָא דְּמַלְכָּא הֲוָה, וְדָא תִּפְאֶרֶת, מִתַּמָּן סַנְהֶדְּרֵי גְּדוֹלָה. אַהֲרֹן שׁוּשְׁבִינָא דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא, וְדָא מַלְכוּת, הֵ"א זְעֵירָא קָרֵינָן לֵיהּ, כְּגוֹן אֶעֱבָדְךָ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בְּרָחֵל בִּתְּךָ הַקְּטַנָּה. וְעַל שְׁמָהּ אִתְקְרֵי סַנְהֶדְּרֵי קְטַנָּה.

Evil Sanhedrin Torah

336. וּמִתַּמָּן הֲווֹ יַדְעִין סַנְהֶדְרִין שִׁבְעִין לָשׁוֹן, דְּאִינּוּן שִׁבְעִים פָּנִים לַתּוֹרָה, דְּאִית שִׁבְעִים לָשׁוֹן מִסִּטְרָא דְּמַלְכוּת הָרְשָׁעָה וְכוּ,' כֹּלָּא בְּפֵרוּדָא. הה"ד מֵאֵלֶּה נִפְרְדוּ אִיֵּי הַגּוֹיִם בְּאַרְצוֹתָם לִלְשׁוֹנוֹתָם כֻּלְּהוּ שִׁבְעִין לָשׁוֹן בְּפֵרוּדָא דָּא מִן דָּא.

Aaron Amen Chariot Head Hebrew Letters Lips Mochin Moses Sanhedrin Seven Seventy Seventy-Two Ten Torah Year Zeir Anpin

337. In the Torah, however, there are seventy interpretations in one language, THE HOLY LANGUAGE. This is Yesod, WHICH INCLUDES THE SEVEN SFIROT OF ZEIR ANPIN, EACH COMPRISING TEN. THEY ARE SEVENTY ALTOGETHER. Yud OF YESOD is one Halachah, small Chochmah, NAMELY Malchut, which contains seventy languages, the numerical value of sod (lit. 'secret'=70) of Yesod. Yesod is the holy language, the secret of the Chariot of seventy seats. In relation to them we learned that whoever replies, 'Amen. May His great name be blessed' with all his might, a decree of seventy years standing against him is torn. The one language, YESOD, is seventy languages by the small measure of small Chochmah, which is a small Yud, TO WHICH THE YUD OF YESOD ALLUDES. AND THE NUMERICAL VALUE OF YESOD IS THE SEVENTY LANGUAGES THAT ILLUMINATE YUD, TOGETHER COMPRISING THE LETTERS OF YESOD. Bet (= 2) is MOSES AND AARON, THE HEADS OF THE SANHEDRIN. THEY ARE two, the two lips, NAMELY NETZACH AND HOD. THIS IS FROM THE ASPECT OF SFIROT. FROM THE ASPECT OF MOCHIN they comprise Da'at and Tevunah, AS MOSES IS THE SECRET OF DA'AT AND AARON THE SECRET OF TEVUNAH. With them, THE NUMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN is completed to 72; NAMELY, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE NAME OF AYIN BET (= 72). End of Ra'aya Meheimna (the Faithful Shepherd).

337. אֲבָל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, ע' פָּנִים לַתּוֹרָה בְּלָשׁוֹן חַד. וְדָא יְסוֹד. י' הֲלָכָה חֲדָא, חָכְמָה זְעֵירָא מַלְכוּת, דְּבָהּ שִׁבְעִין לָשׁוֹן, כְּחוּשְׁבָּן סוֹד, מִן יְסוֹד. וִיסוֹד אִיהוּ לָשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ, סוֹד הַמֶרְכָּבָה, בְּשִׁבְעִין קַתֶּדְרָאִין, עָלַיְיהוּ אִתְּמַר כָּל הָעוֹנֶה אָמֵן יְהֵא שְׁמֵיהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ בְּכָל כֹּחוֹ, קוֹרְעִין לוֹ גְּזַר דִּינוֹ שֶׁל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה. לָשׁוֹן חַד, אִיהוּ שִׁבְעִים לָשׁוֹן, עַל מִדָּה זְעֵירָא דְּחָכְמָה זְעֵירָא, דְּאִיהִי י' זְעֵירָא. ב,' תְּרֵין שִׂפְוָון, דִּבְּהוֹן דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָה, בְּהוֹן אִשְׁתְּלִימוּ שַׁבְעִין וּתְרֵין. (ע"כ רעיא מהימנא)