THE SELF-APPOINTED NEW SANHEDRIN has elected a new "temporary president," Talmud translator Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz new head of 'Sanhedrin'
By MATI WAGNER Jerusalem Post)

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz was elected the temporary president of a rabbinical body Monday that aspires to renew the Sanhedrin, Judaism's highest-ranking legal-religious tribunal.

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However, although Steinsaltz's involvement with the endeavor adds important rabbinic and intellectual legitimacy, chances are slim that the reestablishing of the Sanhedrin will muster wide support.

All major halachic authorities, including Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the leading haredi Ashkenazi spiritual leader, and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the premier Sephardi halachic opinion, have refused repeated requests to offer their support.

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