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Civil monetary disputes are brought to a court of Jewish law called a '''Bet Din''' (Heb. בית דין; lit. house of law). The laws and procedures of Jewish court are discussed below. | |||
== Semichah and Cases a Beit Din May Judge == | == Semichah and Cases a Beit Din May Judge == | ||
Up until the times of the Tannaim and Amoraim, Dayanim could be granted Semichah as a certification to judge cases involving Kenas, such as Chatzi Nezek and Kefel.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Choshen Moshpat 1</ref> Semichah was transmitted Rebbe to Talmid from Moshe Rabbeinu and on until R' Yehudah Ben Bava.<ref>See Sanhedrin 14a</ref> There was an additional license to judge known as Reshut, granted by the Nasi in Eretz Yisrael and the Resh Galuta in Bavel. Reshut enabled a Dayan was license bring litigants to court against their will, and it also served as insurance, exempting judges who who erred in their rulings from reimbursing the losing party.<ref>Sanhedrin 5b</ref> | Up until the times of the Tannaim and Amoraim, Dayanim could be granted Semichah as a certification to judge cases involving Kenas, such as Chatzi Nezek and Kefel.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Choshen Moshpat 1</ref> Semichah was transmitted Rebbe to Talmid from Moshe Rabbeinu and on until R' Yehudah Ben Bava.<ref>See Sanhedrin 14a</ref> There was an additional license to judge known as Reshut, granted by the Nasi in Eretz Yisrael and the Resh Galuta in Bavel. Reshut enabled a Dayan was license bring litigants to court against their will, and it also served as insurance, exempting judges who who erred in their rulings from reimbursing the losing party.<ref>Sanhedrin 5b</ref> | ||
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==Taking Justice into Your Own Hands== | ==Taking Justice into Your Own Hands== | ||
'''Please note that the laws below are NOT to be followed without consulting an expert rabbinic authority.''' | |||
# A person who finds that his friend stole from him can retrieve his property even if that means that he’ll have to hit him as long as he can’t do something else. Even if there’s no immediate loss, even if he would wait until the case would go to court, he is allowed to retrieve his property. This is on condition he is able to prove in court that he is deserving of the money he is grabbing.<ref>Rav Nachman in Bava Kama 27b, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 4:1 with Rama</ref> | # A person who finds that his friend stole from him can retrieve his property even if that means that he’ll have to hit him as long as he can’t do something else. Even if there’s no immediate loss, even if he would wait until the case would go to court, he is allowed to retrieve his property. This is on condition he is able to prove in court that he is deserving of the money he is grabbing.<ref>Rav Nachman in Bava Kama 27b, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 4:1 with Rama</ref> | ||
# If there’s no concern of loss, it is forbidden to hit him.<ref>Netivot Mishpat 4:1, Lechem Mishna (Avadim 3:5)</ref> | # If there’s no concern of loss, it is forbidden to hit him.<ref>Netivot Mishpat 4:1, Lechem Mishna (Avadim 3:5)</ref> | ||
