Beth Din

[billmeyer]

How do we constitute a Beth Din?
What is all the rules that must be observed to establish a Beth Din that can hear cases?

Your thoughts

 

[ContraMundum]

How do we constitute a Beth Din?
What is all the rules that must be observed to establish a Beth Din that can hear cases?

Your thoughts

Seems to me that this can only work in Messianic/Christian circles through the established denomination the proposed Beit Din would be a member of. Doctrinal and practical agreement would be the first thing required to have any kind of ecclesiastical court. I don't think there is any other way. Every Church has disciplinary boards, which function as Beit Dins in the manner necessary for their purposes. All a beit din is, is an ecclesiastical ruling council for all intents and purposes.

So, in answer to your question, whichever church/whatever you belong to has probably already established one. If they haven't, they should. It should be relatively easy.

 

[Lulav]

How do we constitute a Beth Din?
What is all the rules that must be observed to establish a Beth Din that can hear cases?

Your thoughts

Are you speaking of a Sanhedrin, or a Sanhedrin katan or just a local courts of three?

There needs to be proper Smincha as well. Are you speaking of a Messianic court? to judge on what, Torah or ???

I'm taking this as you mean for Messianic Judaism but it would depends on the different beliefs that are out there. I think that there has been some movement on this front recently.

You may want to look into this here.

 

[Gerat_Tzedek]

A Jewish Beit Din is largely used for the following:

• Validation of gittin (bills of divorce)
• Kosher certification
• Oversite of shochetim
• Conversion
• Oversite of a Mikvah
• Determination of Jewish status
• Oversite of Mohelim

A Jewish Beit Din will also hear civil cases between Jews to avoid gentile courts of law.

Now, a MESSIANIC beit din? The only one I have ever heard of is the Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council. This council debates issues of concern within the United Messianic Jewish Congregations, notably:

• Standards of Observance for members
• Determination of Jewish status
• Conversions

 

[siseleanor]

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