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The Talmud, in the third chapter of Sanhedrin, delineates the rules governing who may provide written or oral testimony. A valid witness in a Jewish Beit Din must be an adult (see Bar Mitzvah) free man, not a woman or a slave, and not be related to any of the other witnesses or judges. The witness must be an honest person who can be trusted not ...
Laws concerning the Sanhedrin and punishments that only they can impose (Mitzvot: 540 - 569 ) Laws concerning testimony (Mitzvot: 570 - 577 ) Laws concerning judges who rebel against decisions of higher courts. (Mitzvot: 578 - 586 ) Laws concerning mourners (Mitzvot: 587 - 590 )
The early rabbinic work is a testimony of how Jewish etiquette has maintained its own unique, strict code of customs throughout the centuries, although in some cases (e.g. Jewish etiquette in the bath-house), such rules can be traced back to ancient Roman practices. [6]
By this device, the rules, procedures, and judgement of the beth din are accepted and can be enforced by secular courts in the same manner as those of a secular arbitration association. For example, in a 2018 decision, the Court of Appeal in Ontario, Canada, enforced an arbitration decision by the New York rabbinical court tribunal Beth Din (or ...
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A white supremacist accused of gunning down three people at Jewish sites in Kansas will go on trial for capital murder, a judge ruled Tuesday. District Judge Kelly Ryan decided ...
Conservative Judaism teaches that one can make use of literary and historical analysis to understand how Jewish law has developed, and to help them understand how such laws should be understood in our own day. It generally view the laws and customs from the various law codes as the basis for normative Jewish law.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) cannot allow Jewish students to be blocked from classes, school buildings or campus activities. UCLA was sued by ...
A federal judge on Tuesday admonished UCLA for its handling of pro-Palestinian encampments and ordered the university to ensure equal access to Jewish students, three of whom alleged in a lawsuit ...