{"id":11118,"date":"2001-01-08T00:04:20","date_gmt":"2001-01-07T22:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=11118"},"modified":"2022-09-19T11:24:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T08:24:13","slug":"13-08-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/13-08-04\/","title":{"rendered":"04. The Proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for the assembly, the <em>kohanim<\/em> walked through Jerusalem blowing trumpets to gather everyone to the Temple Mount. A large wooden platform was erected in the middle of the women\u2019s courtyard. The king ascended and sat there so that everyone could hear and see him as he read (MT, <em>op. cit.<\/em> 3:4). If he wanted to honor the Torah by standing up during the reading, this was deemed praiseworthy. (See <em>Tosafot <\/em>on <em>Sota<\/em> 41a, s.v. \u201cmitzva.\u201d)<sup><a href='#_te01ftn8_2' id='_te01ftnref8_2' class='aup1'>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>To honor the Torah and the king, the people assembled would pass the Torah scroll from person to person until it reached the king. The attendant of the synagogue on the Temple Mount took the scroll and gave it to the head of the synagogue, who passed it to the Deputy Kohen Gadol, who gave it to the Kohen Gadol, who passed it to the king. The king accepted the Torah scroll while standing (<em>Sota<\/em> 41a; MT, <em>op. cit.<\/em> 3:4).<\/p>\n<p>Before and after the reading, the king recited the <em>berakhot<\/em> that are normally said at the beginning and end of an <em>aliya<\/em>. Afterward, he added seven more <em>berakhot<\/em>: 1) <em>Retzei <\/em>(<em>Birkat Ha-avoda<\/em>, from the regular <em>Amida<\/em>); 2) <em>Modim <\/em>(<em>Birkat Ha-hoda\u2019a<\/em>, also from the regular <em>Amida<\/em>); 3) <em>Ata Ve\u1e25artanu <\/em>(the fourth <em>berakha <\/em>of the Yom Tov <em>Amida<\/em>); 4) a prayer for the Temple to endure, concluding with \u201c<em>Barukh ata Hashem, ha-shokhen be-Tziyon<\/em>\u201d (\u201cBlessed are You, Lord, Who dwells in Zion\u201d); 5) a prayer for the monarchy of Israel to endure, concluding with \u201c<em>Barukh ata Hashem, ha-bo\u1e25er be-Yisrael<\/em>\u201d (\u201cBlessed are You, Lord, Who chooses Israel\u201d); 6) a prayer for the service of the <em>kohanim<\/em> to find favor with God, concluding with \u201c<em>Barukh ata Hashem, mekadesh ha-kohanim<\/em>\u201d (\u201cBlessed are You, Lord, Who sanctifies the <em>kohanim<\/em>\u201d); 7) an extensive, unscripted prayer, concluding with \u201c<em>Hosha Hashem et amkha Yisrael, she-amkha tzerikhin lehivashe\u2019a<\/em>\u201d (\u201cLord, save Your people, Israel, for your people needs salvation\u201d), followed by \u201c<em>Barukh ata Hashem, shome\u2019a tefilla<\/em>\u201d (\u201cBlessed are You, Lord, Who listens to prayer\u201d) (<em>Sota<\/em> 41a; MT, <em>op. cit<\/em>. 3:4).<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<a href='#_te01ftnref8_2' id='_te01ftn8_2'>[2]<\/a>. According to the Gemara, the event took place in the women\u2019s courtyard (<em>Sota<\/em> 41a). The Tosefta (<em>t. Sota<\/em> 7:8) also records the view of R. Eliezer b. Yaakov that it took place on the Temple Mount. Rambam writes that <em>Hak\u2019hel<\/em> took place in the women\u2019s courtyard (MT, <em>op. cit.<\/em> 3:4). This would seem to be problematic, since the women\u2019s courtyard was too small for the entire nation to assemble there. R. Yisrael Ariel writes that the women\u2019s courtyard could hold, at most, 10,000 people. This leads him to conclude that generally there was not a very big crowd, and the mitzva could be fulfilled in the women\u2019s courtyard. But when the crowds were larger, <em>Hak\u2019hel<\/em> was held on the Temple Mount, in accordance with the view of R. Eliezer ben Yaakov (<em>Ma\u1e25zor Ha-Mikdash<\/em>, Sukkot volume).<\/p>\n<p>This leads to another question: How could all the people assembled hear the king without a microphone? Perhaps in the women\u2019s courtyard, which was closed off, 10,000 people could hear the king if his voice was strong. But if there were more than that, they would not have been able to hear him for such a long reading. Evidently, it was not necessary for everyone to hear him. This idea is supported by the requirement for the hard of hearing to attend (<em>Le\u1e25em Mishneh<\/em> on MT, <em>\u1e24agiga<\/em> 3:6). Even though they would not have been able to hear, they were expected to be there and imagine that God was issuing these commands at that moment. If this is correct, we may conclude that the <em>halakha<\/em> follows the opinion of the Sages (and Rambam) that the event took place in the women\u2019s courtyard. Ten thousand people were there, and the rest of the nation stood on the Temple Mount. Even though an individual might not hear, he still completely fulfilled the mitzva. Alternatively, according to <em>Tosafot<\/em> (<em>\u1e24agiga<\/em> 3a s.v. \u201caf\u201d), the mitzva does require each and every person to hear, which leaves open the question of how the masses could fulfill the mitzva. In any case, people in the future Temple will certainly fulfill the obligation, because the king will be able to use a microphone. See <em>Peninei Halakha: Berakhot<\/em> 12:9 n. 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for the assembly, the kohanim walked through Jerusalem blowing trumpets to gather everyone to the Temple Mount. A large wooden platform was erected in the middle of the women\u2019s courtyard. The king ascended and sat there so that everyone could hear and see him as he read (MT, op. cit. 3:4). 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