How the Bet Din began
The Sephardic Community Bet Din was founded by a group of community Rabbis who set out to give Brooklyn’s Syrian and Sephardic community a rabbinical court of its own. Through the Sephardic Community Dayanut Program they were taught by leading Dayanim in Israel, led by Hacham Rabbi Golan Aluf and under the auspices of Rabbi Shlomo Amar, and were trained by a leading New York matrimonial attorney in divorce law and mediation. For three and a half years the Bet Din has handled gittin and the civil settlements around them, and every Get is given in the presence of an experienced Dayan from Israel. Rabbi Amar has given the court his blessing, asking that it be respected and accepted. More Rabbis are in training now, in monetary law as well as matrimonial law, so the community can bring more of its matters home. Speak with the Bet Din in confidence.
