Sanhedrin
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The Sanhedrin was a Jewish legislative and judicial assembly in the ancient land of Israel.
The Sanhedrin, from an 1883 encyclopedia
Galilee in late antiquity
Medallion struck in honor of the "Grand Sanhedrin" convened by Emperor Napoleon I of France. In the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
Inauguration of the Sanhedrin in 2004
Hall of Hewn Stones
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The Hall of Hewn Stones, also known as the Chamber of Hewn Stone, was the meeting place, or council-chamber, of the Sanhedrin during the Second Temple period. The Talmud deduces that it was built into
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…by the Av Beit Din ("chief of the court"). In the Second Temple period, the Great Sanhedrin met in the Temple in Jerusalem, in a building called the Hall of Hewn Stones. The Great Sanhedrin convened every day except festivals and the sabbath day (Shabbat). After the destruction of the Second Temple and the failure of…
Illustration of the Hall of Hewn Stones, c. 1723–1730