The Overlap of Secular Law and Halachah: The Beth Din and Secular Courts
Understanding the system of a rabbinical court, and how it intersects with secular law. When should a Jew report another to the authorities and/or file suit in the secular justice system vs. in rabbinic courts (beth din), and specifically in relation to the painful and complex issue of reporting abuse.
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz received his Rabbinical Ordination from the Ner Israel Rabbinical College; B.S. with honors from Johns Hopkins University; J.D (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School and a Doctorate in Talmudic Law from Ner Israel. He has lectured extensively throughout the US and Israel on medical, business, and family ethics, and published numerous articles on bankruptcy, commercial law, medical ethics, family law, and halakha. He served as rabbi of the Woodside Synagogue in Silver Spring MD, and was Professor of Law at the University of Maryland before making Aliyah to Israel.
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