Apr 25, 2012 By: yunews
New Journal from the Beth Din of America and RIETS Sheds Light on Practices of Rabbinical Courts
The (BDA), in collaboration with the Rabbi Norman Lamm Yadin Yadin Kollel of YU-affiliated (RIETS), recently published its first journal for spring 2012. , sponsored by the Michael Scharf Publication Trust of RIETS/黑料社 All Press, contains articles on Jewish jurisprudence and beth din practice, with a particular emphasis on the policies and practices of the BDA鈥擭orth America鈥檚 most active rabbinical court.
Each issue will include actual din torah or decisions rendered by the BDA (appropriately anonymized and approved for publication by the involved parties), exposing readers to the practices of contemporary beth din and the intellectual foundations for its work. The journal will primarily feature articles by dayanim [judges] of the BDA.
Topics covered in the inaugural issue range from 鈥淭he Prenuptial Agreement: Recent Developments鈥 by Rabbi Mordechai Willig, Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Professor of Talmud and Contemporary Halacha at RIETS and Segan Av Beit Din at BDA, to 鈥淛ewish Law, Civil Procedure: A Comparative Study鈥 by Rabbi Yona Reiss, Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS and Chaver Beth Din at BDA.
鈥淚t is our hope that this journal and the study it enables will serve as a vehicle for the clarification and dissemination of the Torah鈥檚 laws relating to the beth din process,鈥 said Rabbi Yaacov Feit鈥02YC, 鈥06R, 鈥06A, who along with Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann 鈥92YUHS, 鈥96YC, 鈥03R, serves as co-editor of the journal.
Since its inception nearly 50 years ago, BDA has been recognized as one of the nation鈥檚 pre-eminent rabbinic courts. It serves the Jewish community of North America as a forum for obtaining Jewish divorces, confirming personal status and adjudicating commercial disputes stemming from divorce, business and community issues.
For more information or to download the Journal of the Beth Din of America, visit .
