Midrash for Rosh Hashanah 50:9
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> למה לי למיתנא ראוהו בית דין וכל ישראל איצטריך סד"א הואיל וראוהו בית דין וכל ישראל איפרסמא לה ולא ליעברוה קמ"ל
IF THE BETH DIN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of twenty-three members.');"><sup>12</sup></span> ALONE HAVE SEEN IT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not necessarily on the thirtieth day.');"><sup>13</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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