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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 testimony (Mitzvot: 570 - 577 ) Laws concerning judges who rebel against decisions of higher courts. (Mitzvot: 578 - 586 ) Laws concerning mourners (Mitzvot: 587 - 590 ) Laws concerning kings and their wars (Mitzvot: 591 - 613 )
Laws of the high priest and Jewish king and their involvement in court proceedings; Civil suits: acceptable witnesses and judges and the general proceedings; The difference between criminal and civil cases, general proceedings in criminal cases; Court procedures, including examination of witnesses and the voting of the judges
The book traces how the status of minorities deteriorated over centuries under discriminatory rules that became part of the dhimmi system of 'protected' minorities. [4] Dhimmis faced exclusions from public office, restrictions on building synagogues, and limitations on testimony in Islamic courts.
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According to Michael Broyde, there are many different opinions among 20th-century rabbis as to the extent and circumstances mesirah is still valid in modern times. [1] Chaim Kanievsky, a leading Israeli rabbi and posek in Haredi society ruled that reporting instances of sexual child abuse to the police is consistent with Jewish law.
The University of California in Los Angeles cannot allow pro-Palestinian protesters to block Jewish students from accessing campus buildings, classes and services, a federal judge has ruled. U.S ...
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is the central authority on halakha (Jewish law and tradition) within Conservative Judaism; it is one of the most active and widely known committees on the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly. Within the movement it is known as the CJLS. The current chairman of the CJLS is Rabbi Pamela Barmash.