The av beit din (Hebrew: אָב בֵּית דִּין, romanized: ʾāḇ bēṯ din, lit. 'chief of the court, chief justice'), abbreviated abd (אב״ד avad), was the second-highest-ranking...
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its head or representing president, and was a member of the court; the Av Beit Din or the chief of the court, who was second to the nasi; and 69 general...
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Judah ben Tabbai (section Av beit din of the Sanhedrin)
Tabbai (Hebrew: יהודה בן טבאי Yehuda ben Tabbai) was a Pharisee scholar, av beit din of the Sanhedrin, and one of "the Pairs" (zugot) of Jewish leaders who...
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Meir Kahana is an Av Beit Din in the rabbinical court of Ashkelon. He serves as Chairman of the Rabbinical Judges Union and delivers Torah lectures at...
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of the Netherlands. He was also the official Av Beit Din, head of the court, of the Netherlands Beit Din. He studied under his father, Baruch Avraham...
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Mar Matti or Matthew the Hermit Nittai of Arbela or Mattai of Arbela, av beit din of the Sanhedrin under the nasi Joshua ben Perachyah at the time of John...
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has been a beit din, which was often headed by the rabbi of the city, hence the nickname "Rabbad" - combining "Rabbi" and "Av Beit Din." In various ultra-Orthodox...
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Sephardi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Orthodox halachist. He is the Av Beit Din (head of the rabbinical court) of Mekor Haim in Queens, New York, and...
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A beth din (Hebrew: בית דין, romanized: Bet Din, lit. 'house of judgment', [bet ˈdin], Ashkenazic: beis din, plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court...
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בית שמאי, Beit Shammai), as Hillel's was known as the House of Hillel (Beit Hillel). After Menahem resigned from the office of Av Beit Din (or vice-president)...
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(born 1954/5714) is a rabbi, dayan of the Upper Beit Din of Israel, the Av Beit Din of the Beersheba Beit Din, and the Moshav Rabbi of Kfar Maimon. Igra was...
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president) and Av Beit Din (אָב בֵּית דִּין, "chief of the beth din"), respectively. After this period, the positions nasi and av bet din remained, but...
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member of the Jerusalem beit din Chaim Walkin, rabbi and lecturer Simcha Wasserman, Jerusalem rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld, av beit din of Tchebin (Trzebinia)...
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Schwartz was the long-time Av Beit Din of the cRc. He died in December 2020. Since 2013, Rabbi Yona Reiss has been the Av Beit Din. Rabbi Sholem Fishbane...
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Xanthis), sons of Zebedee (Nick Shakoour). With the approval of the Av Beit Din (Loren Lester), Nicodemus investigates the reported miracle of healing...
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Nittai of Arbela (Hebrew: נתאי הארבלי) was av beit din or vice-president of the Sanhedrin under the nasi Joshua ben Perachyah at the time of John Hyrcanus...
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home in Jerusalem for Shabbat. In 1945 he was appointed as av beit din of the Sephardic Beit Din of Jerusalem. In 1953 he was asked to serve as Chief Rabbi...
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– January 17, 1869) nicknamed Chad Badara (Hebrew: ח"ד בדרא) was an Av Beit Din in İzmir, rabbinical scholar, and Rishon LeZion of Israel. Born in İzmir...
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(Hebrew: יוסי בן יוחנן, Yose ben Yochanan or Joseph ben Johanan) was Av Beit Din (Chief Justice) of the Sanhedrin in the 2nd century BCE. He was a native...
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Ungvarer Rav; Mishneh Halachos Gedalia Dov Schwartz(1925–2020), av beit din of Beth Din of America and the Chicago Rabbinical Council Nissim Karelitz (1926–2019)...
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Silvera. He was taught by the great Kabbalist Ribbi Moshe Swed, the Av Beit Din Ribbi Yits`haq Bekhor Mizra`hi and later on Rabbi Shaul Sitton, who became...
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"pairs"). As such, he was "paired" with Hillel the Elder and served as Av Beit Din. The Mishnah, states that he "went forth [out]", and as a result of that...
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Sherut Leumi contracting organization), and serves as Av Beit Din of the northern conversion beit din. Drori is considered by many to be a leading scholar...
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beginning of his rabbinical career, Wahl was the Av Beit Din at Tykocin, Poland, later moving on to the Av Beit Din position of Brest, Belarus. Saul was integral...
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Bohorodczany, Zbarizh, Sniatyn, and Tarnopol where in 1857 he was appointed as Av Beit Din, a position he held for the rest of his life. He studied under Chaim...
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Lithuanian Talmudist, philanthropist and Talmid Chacham Abraham Lichtstein, Av Beit Din of Przasnysz, Poland Israel Lipschitz (1782–1860), leading Ashkenazi...
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Leykes (Hebrew: דוד לייקס) (1698/1699 – 10 April 1799) was a Hasidic Av Beit Din in the city of Bar and one of the disciples of Baal Shem Tov. Leykes...
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stood at the head of the Sanhedrin, namely Nathan the Babylonian as Av Beit Din and Rabbi Meir as hakham. Another hakham mentioned by name was Simon...
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"Joseph ben Judah Jeidel"). He was born in Lublin in 1659, son of the Av Beit Din and Kabbalist, Yehuda Yudel of Kovel. He was known for his piety, and...
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Shemaiah holding the title of nasi, whilst Abtalion holding the office of Av Beit Din. Abtalion and Shemaiah were converts to Judaism or the descendants of...
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