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Jewish Bet Din And Its Function In The World

By Virginia Parker


Around the planet, individuals come from variety of environment, culture, tradition, religion and from different people. All of men were born in places far away from another which can explain the personality and behavior of one while he grows up. Sometimes, they develop their behaviors from their religion and culture which they religiously follow.

There are lots of religious courts that operate everyday in different parts of Earth. One of these courts is the Jewish bet din which differ many things from other religions. This court is mainly for the issues and other matters of Jewish men.

On a daily basis, several churches do manage a routine. The Roman Catholic church for instance, has almost 200 diocesan judges or also known as tribunals that manage different cases and issues that include approximately 15,000 to 20,000 marriage annulments every year. Orthodox Jews on the other side, use rabbinical courts to handle marriage divorces and would resolve conflicts regarding certain matters with their fellow jews.

For some who do not know, beit din is the Jewish civil court of the law or their house of judgment. This thing already existed during the ancient times and is still practiced in this century. There are variety of things this religious court handles but is often focuses on main matters.

Compared to other religion, every man in Judaism takes different paths in his life. Their teachings state that the belief must be able to ascertain the genuineness of a Jew. These men are not just born to live their lives and ignore the tradition of their religious group. Jews are taught to practice and study the essence of it in order to complete their missions as followers of such.

Beit din is mostly where a candidate and clergy shall meet for the conversion. Converting a candidate should have concentration on the genuineness of a person. The things to ask must focus on his journey, expectations, plans, and decisions to learn the practice even more. For this to be attained, rituals are to be done necessarily.

Some people might be asking what are the other thing beth din does. The most common one is the supervision of many divorces. It is vital for a Jewish couple that they should fix divorce files and papers named as get because the entire marriage can still be legal even though they have gained civil divorce. If neither fails to present such get, both would not have any chance of marrying once more.

The wife must also not bear another child from another jewish man without official gittin. Since it is very significant to obtain a get, married people should be supervised by a clergy of beth din who is respected in the Orthodox society. These people can also coordinate with other rabbis for difficult cases like spouses who are in long distance.

There are many roles this practice plays in Orthodox community. Most people around the world would think that it is not good because divorce is against this and that. Of course, those people believe differently but every religion plays a big role not just in a country, but in the whole world. One must respect one another to make the world a better place to live.




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