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[[File:סמיכה770.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Shneur Zalman Lebkowski Signs on Semicha Certificates of Central Tomchei Temimim 770]] | [[File:סמיכה770.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Shneur Zalman Lebkowski Signs on Semicha Certificates of [[Central Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim - 770|Central Tomchei Temimim 770]]]] | ||
The source of Smicha is found in the Gemara, in Masechet Sanhedrin, where every Rav needed to receive Smicha from another ordained Rav. There was a special Smicha required for monetary laws, and a special Smicha for capital cases. Not everyone who was worthy received Smicha - in one case, Rabbeinu Hakadosh did not grant Smicha to a Rav to permit bechorot, in order to show respect to Rabbah bar bar Chana. In another case, Rabbeinu Hakadosh very much wanted to give Smicha to Shmuel the Amora, and was very distressed when he couldn't, until Shmuel consoled him that it was decreed and already appeared in Adam Harishon's book. | The source of Smicha is found in the Gemara, in Masechet Sanhedrin, where every Rav needed to receive Smicha from another ordained Rav. There was a special Smicha required for monetary laws, and a special Smicha for capital cases. Not everyone who was worthy received Smicha - in one case, Rabbeinu Hakadosh did not grant Smicha to a Rav to permit bechorot, in order to show respect to Rabbah bar bar Chana. In another case, Rabbeinu Hakadosh very much wanted to give Smicha to Shmuel the Amora, and was very distressed when he couldn't, until Shmuel consoled him that it was decreed and already appeared in Adam Harishon's book. | ||