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On the premises of the Jewish Board of Guardians, there convenes here twice a week a Jewish Eeclesiastical Court known as the Beth Din but the court has no legal status and cannot enforce the penalties which it may impose. However, whether it is due to respect for the three bearded rabbis who preside or […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315