av beit din

See also: Av Beit Din

English

Alternative forms

• Abbethdin, Ab Beth Din
• Av Beit Din, av beth din (Av Beth Din)

Etymology

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”).

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 […]