English: “From the eyes of the assembly” — the beit din together with the assembly.
In the sugya: The phrase “me-einei ha-kahal” is read as binding the court’s intellectual error to the people’s subsequent action; both parties participate in the composite liability.
Type of Learning
Beit din and kahal partnership — the ruling is of the court; the act is of the people.
What Is Learned
Communal liability arises from the joint operation of beit din and kahal. The Sanhedrin supplies the forgotten ruling; the assembly supplies the prohibited act. Neither element alone generates the offering; the verse requires their combination.