Showing posts with label Bet Din. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bet Din. Show all posts

Monday, May 24, 2010

Document of Conversion to Judaism

Question: I would like to know what a teudat giyur (a document issued by a rabbinic court testifying to someone's conversion to Judaism) looks like. Can you recommend a book that would contain an example of such a document?

Answer: An example of a teudat giyur is found in the work Gerut ke-hilkhatah by Shemuel Eliezer Shtern on p.86-87 [Bene Beraḳ : Mekhon Mayim ḥayim, 1998 - BM729.P7 S8 1998]. Various conversion related teudot are also found in vol.2, p.J-39 – J-70 of the Conservative movement’s Moreh Derekh [New York : The Rabbinical Assembly, 758, 1998 - BM676 .M66 1998].

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Finding a Bet Din

Question:
Where can I find a competent rabbinical court (bet din) that will assist me in resolving a legal dispute relating to Jewish civil law?

Answer:
The Beth Din of America (http://www.bethdin.org/) is a well established (founded in 1960) and respected rabbinical court that provides service in many matters, including Jewish civil law. They have helpful resources on their website (http://www.bethdin.org/forms-publications.asp) such as a “Layman’s Guide to Dinei Torah (Beth Din arbitration proceedings)", and a document that details their own “Rules and Procedures”.