av beit din

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Etymology

From Hebrew אָב בֵּית דִּין (áv bet din), from אָב (áv, “chief”) + בֵּית דִּין (bet dín, “court of law”), from בֵּית (bet, “house of”) + דין (din, “judgment”).

Noun

av beit din

  1. 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 […]
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