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Pan-Jewish changes to Halakha (orthodox law) are still theoretically possible. The last significant such occurrence was the ban on polygamy in Judaism about a m
by jaza 4y ago
Pan-Jewish changes to Halakha (orthodox law) are still theoretically possible. The last significant such occurrence was the ban on polygamy in Judaism about a millennium ago. It's just a question of how many rabbis, across how many streams of Judaism, would need to reach a consensus, in order for it to be reasonable to consider an amendment as "widely accepted".
In terms of changing the calendar rules, I doubt that there would be any chance of pan-Jewish consensus for quite a few more millennia, that is, not until the dates of major festivals get significantly more out of whack than they are now.
- compsciphd 4y agohey, some (major) rabbis believe that sabbath in japan should be on sunday. (and others believe that in western alaskan islands, it be friday, i.e. if there's a concept of a "date line" in halacha, than the area between the international date line and the halacha date line would be offset by a day depending on which side it is).