Talk:Av Beit Din

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The statement

• "The Av Beit Din presided over the Sanhedrin in the absence of the Nasi"
  conflicts with

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's "The Jewish Court System" which says:

"Any judgment issued by the Sanhedrin in the absence of the Nasi was invalid."

"The Sanhedrin could not render judgment unless its entire membership was present. If a member was absent, however, a temporary substitute could be appointed."

The statement

• "and was the chief of the Sanhedrin when it sat as a criminal court. He sat with seven other judges while hearing a case."
  conflicts with

"Since the membership of the Sanhedrin is fixed by the Torah, its number cannot be changed."

"The Sanhedrin consisted of 71 judges. God thus commanded Moses, "Gather to Me 70 men of the elders of Israel... and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, so that they should stand there with you" (Numbers 11:16). This was the first Sanhedrin. Counting Moses himself, it consisted of 71 members."

Above (unsigned in 2018) is mine Pi314m (talk) 10:12, 19 November 2020 (UTC)