dayan
Beth din member
A dayan is a judge in a Jewish religious court (beth din), qualified to rule on matters of Jewish law.
The position requires extensive knowledge of halakha and Talmud.
A dayan may adjudicate disputes, oversee conversions, or grant religious divorces.
Plural: dayanim.
The dayan ruled on the kashrut question. (Capitalized Dayan is a surname.)
Jewish spiritual leader
- halachaJewish legal ruling
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- adjudicateFormally decide a dispute
ruling · verdict · authority · jurisprudence · interpretation · precedent · litigation · judge
rabbi
Jewish spiritual leader
adjudicate · ruling · verdict · authority · jurisprudence · interpretation · precedent · litigation · judge · jurist
- Jewish FiguresMoses, Abraham, David, Solomon, Aaron
- Halakhahalakhah, halacha, Jewish law, mitzvot, commandments
- Judaicamenorah, Torah scroll, Talmud, Torah study, mezuzah
- Rabbinicsrabbi, rebbe, rosh yeshiva, Torah scholar, codifier
- Jewish AuthoritySanhedrin, rabbinate, high priest, rosh yeshiva, rebbe
- Jewish divorceget, divorce decree, ketubah, sofer, religious court
dayanmagistrate
Civil judicial officer
state judge · district judge · circuit judge · justice of the peace · qadi
dayanlitigant
Party in lawsuit
plaintiff · defendant · petitioner · respondent · claimant
dayanlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
congregant · supplicant · layman · penitent · unlearned