Mishna Rosh Hashanah Perek bais

Why did the Bais din stop accepting just any random witnesses?

• bais din became the witnesses themselves

• People hired עדי שקר, false witnesses

• The עדים lit fires to destroy the bais hamikdash

• There were too many of them

What did the Bais din have to do if they didn't know the witnesses?

• send them away

• interview them

• get references they recognize

• Push off Rosh Chodesh

What was the original method to inform that Rosh chodesh would be on the 30th day?

• fires

• messengers

• e-mail

• telegram

They stopped using the torch system to notify about Rosh Chodesh because:

• the fire kept on burning out

• it was too dangerous

• it smelled

• People lit fake fires

The direction of the waving of the torches was:

• right , left, back, front

• up, down, toward you, away from you

• away from you, towards you, up, down

• towards you, away from you, down, up

What did bais do in order to get people to come be witnesses

• served them a feast

• paid them money

• had a free hotel for them to stay in

• gave them a chart of moon shapes

When the bais din would establish Rosh Chodesh, the Rosh beis din would say

• כשר

• פסול

• מקודש

• מקןדש מקודש

If there were no witnesses to make rosh chodesh on the 30th day, what happened on day 31

• It was automatically Rosh Chodesh

• Bais din had to declare it and say mekudash

• They waited another day

• Nothing, rosh chodesh would be on day 32

Why did Raban Gamliel have pictures of moon shapes?

• for decoration

• so he would know what to look for in the sky on the 30th day

• so he could memorize what the moon should look like

• to help the simple people identify what the moon looked like to them

Why did Rabban Gamliel say that they should accept the witnesses who saw the new moon ,one day and not the next?

• the witnesses were blind

• a cloud was blocking it the second day

• a bird flew over the new moon, blocking it

• the sun was covering the moon