Beit din los angeles

An increasing number of converts are small children from China, Vietnam and Romania who are brought in for conversion by the Jewish parents who have adopted them. To Rabbi Richard Levy, the unified beit din "is a wonderful step forward for California and klal Yisrael and broadens opportunities for those who wish to become Jews," using a Hebrew term for the Jewish people.

Dorff and Levy soon expanded their circle to include two dozen other rabbis, including Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben of the Reconstructionist Kehillat Israel, current president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. The discussions and negotiations carried on for some four years were amicable, but there were differences. A main sticking point was whether converts would have to undergo circumcision — real or symbolic, depending on whether the male candidate was previously circumcised — and immersion in a mikvah, or ritual bath.

These requirements are mandatory in the Conservative movement but left to the individual discretion of the more autonomous Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis. At this point, about two years ago, Dorff temporarily moved to New York, and Levy had to focus on his new HUC position, so the project became more or less dormant. Naor Brown Board Advisor. Carlos Gutierrez Board Advisor.

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If one of the parties fails to abide by the verdict, the other party may have beis din excommunicate the fellow until he agrees to abide. If however he still does not abide by the verdict of the beis din the beis din can issue a waver that permits the Jew to bring the other Jew to a non Jewish court.

All of the explained cases are only applicable in the case where both parties are Jewish does he sue in beis din. However if one or both parties are non Jewish particularly outside of Israel, then this commandment where the Jew is required to only sue in beis din is no longer applicable.

But rather the Jew is recommended to sue in the regular court system and to abide by its ruling. According to ancient Jewish law it is forbidden for one Jew to take another Jew to a regular court for damage he might have incurred him or for any money he might owe him. According to the Torah the person is committed to bring his friend to a Jewish court also known as a Beis din, and a Jewish person is only able to sue in beis din. Basically, every Jewish local town has a Beis din generally consisting of three elderly Jewish rabbis of that local Jewish community.

The rabbis will summon the defendant to appear before them in their court and at this point both parties are given two options.

One is that they can either agree to have their judgment heard before the three rabbis present then, although if this option is unsatisfactory to either or both parties involved, then they are presented with the option that each person chooses their own rabbi.

Then those two rabbis amongst themselves agree on a third rabbi to participate in their case. Next the two parties appear in front of the panel to be judged. However make know, since the end of the time of the Tanaim, approximately one hundred years after the temple was destroyed there was a period of time that because of the roman government which forbade the semicha process which allowed a rabbi to also award a plaintiff with punitive damaged no rabbi anymore has the power to issue anymore punitive awards.

The only thing the rabbis are able to award the plaintiff with, is the actual damage he was incurred. Usually, the hearing begins with some procedural matters.

The dayanim judges check photo identification so they can identify the parties. Sometimes additional paperwork needs to be signed. The judges cannot have preconceptions about the case coming in to the hearing, so they are generally told only the basic outline of the case in advance. May 18, by dintorah. If the Jewish Beit din Los Angeles received allegations about prominent figures in their community, involved in these immoral acts, what would be their response?

Would the Beit din Los Angeles attempt to cover up the situation and remedy it by their own means or would they report the allegations to the police authority for them to conduct their own investigations?

What would the Beit din Los Angeles do if they knew that by publicizing this information they would lose community members faith as well as charitable revenue? Is their even a biblical commandment requiring them to take a certain action in such a case?