Public Opinion

The prevailing opinion in the public. A combination of beliefs and opinions of a large assembly of people on a specific subject (the source is in the expression "according to his opinion" which implies agreement).

("In the upper and the lower council, according to the opinion of the Place, blessed be He, and according to the opinion of this holy congregation, we permit praying for the (alternate version: the people) of the Hebrews" - Introduction to the Kol Nidrei prayer on Yom Kippur eve; and also: "And if you say those are bans that we decreed according to the opinion of the Holy One, blessed be He, and according to the opinion of the congregation, how do they have permission?" - Tosefot, Tractate Shavuot 29b; and also: "According to the opinion of the Place, and according to the opinion of the congregation / We rode a storm and also a tempest / Trusting / 'Do not lay your hand on the lad'" - Immanuel Tzabar, 'In the Upper Council'")

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