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Why don’t even rabbis adhere to the Sanhedrin´s declaration concerning the disengagement?

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Unfortunately we don't have a Sanhedrin that is acceptable by all Jews or Rabbis. That is what we pray for three times a day in the Amidah – Hashivah Shoftenu.

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