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The body responsible for the rabbinical courts is the administration of the rabbinical courts. At the head of the rabbinical court system is the Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem, headed by one of the two chief rabbis of Israel. Since 2013, the Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals is headed by Rabbi David Lau, who also serves as ...
There were three types of courts (Mishnah, tractate Sanhedrin 1:1-4 and 1:6): The Sanhedrin, the grand central court on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, numbering 71; Smaller courts of 23, called a Sanhedrin Ketana ("small Sanhedrin"). These courts could pass the death verdict. These existed on two levels, the one higher in standing than the other:
The Jewish religious courts are known as rabbinical courts. Their judges, known as dayanim, are selected by a committee headed by the Minister of Justice. There are twelve regional rabbinic courts, a special conversion court, and the Great Rabbinical Court which acts as an appellate court.
A Badatz (Hebrew: בד״ץ plural batei din) is a major Jewish beth din (rabbinical court). The term is a modern one, and is an acronym for beit din tzedek ("court of Justice"). In Israel, the term Badatz is often used to refer to the Badatz of the Edah HaChareidis ; however, it is not the title of this group, and other batei din use the title ...
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The Chief Rabbinate of Israel consists of two Chief Rabbis: an Ashkenazi rabbi and a Sephardi rabbi; the latter also is known as the Rishon leZion. The Chief Rabbis are elected for 10-year terms. The present Sephardi Chief Rabbi is David Yosef, and the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi is Kalman Ber, both of whom began their terms in 2024. [2] [3]
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In 1993, the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis, issued a resolution regarding spouses who refuse to comply with a beth din in the issuance of a get (the formal divorce document presented by a husband to his wife to terminate their marriage under Jewish law).