A "house of law," the beit din is a Jewish court. It settles monetary disputes, oversees kosher production, handles marriage and divorce, and offers Torah guidance.

A beth din (Hebrew: בית דין, romanized: Bet Din, lit. 'house of judgment', [bet ˈdin], Ashkenazic: beis din, plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. [1] In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system.

Instead, consulting a beit din (sometimes spelled bet din, or beth din, plural batei din), a group of three men knowledgeable in Jewish law, eventually became the commonly accepted way for Jews to address legal disputes.

Formal conversion to Judaism requires authorization by a Jewish court. This three-person beit din represents, in a manner of speaking, the whole Jewish people into which the convert seeks entrance. It has the power to authorize or deny the application to join its ranks.

The Beth Din, or Beit Din, is the Rabbinical Court that has been the basis of Jewish law and living throughout history and around the globe. Procedures and decisions based on the Torah, Talmud, and the great body of Halachic law are the guarantee of continued Jewish communal life.

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Literally translated as "house of judgement," Beit Din is the Hebrew term applied to a Jewish religious or civil court of law. The Beit Din originated during the period of the Second Temple and was then known as the Sanhedrin. The establishment of courts has biblical origin and is …