Midrash for Rosh Hashanah 50:7
מתני׳ <big><strong>ראוהו</strong></big> בית דין וכל ישראל נחקרו העדים ולא הספיקו לומר מקודש עד שחשיכה הרי זה מעובר
- What it means is that because the greater defer to the lesser, the lesser apply the lesson to themselves with all the more force.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they say, 'how much more should we defer to the greater'.');"><sup>8</sup></span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF THE BETH DIN AND ALL ISRAEL SAW IT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the thirtieth day, shortly before nightfall.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
Variantly: Do not say (I must have a judge) like Moses and Aaron, but (go to) "the judge that shall be in those days." As it is written (Koheleth 7:10) "Do not say: 'What has happened that the earlier days were better than these?' For it is not from wisdom that you ask this."
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