av beit din
See also: Av Beit Din
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Etymology edit
From Hebrew אָב בֵּית דִּין (áv beit din), from אָב (áv, “chief”) + בֵּית דִּין (beit din, “court of law”), from בֵּית (béyt, “house of”) + דין (din, “judgment”).
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av beit din
- The vice-president of a Jewish Sanhedrin or rabbinical court (beit din).
- 2009, Mediene Remnants: Yiddish Sources in the Netherlands Outside of Amsterdam, →ISBN, page 173:
- Letter from Shimon Falk of Amsterdam, sent from Kleve, to the merchants Alexander, Lezer and Chaim Israel of Middelburg about the troubles of the av beit din, who needs help […]