Sephardic Community Bet Din
Seal of the Sephardic Community Bet Din: the scales of justice in white on navy

Our Dayanim

Community Rabbis trained in Israel and in New York, who serve the Bet Din under the supervision of experienced Dayanim from Israel.

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The Dayanim of the Bet Din

Dayanim of the Sephardic Community Bet Din and their congregations
PhotoNamePositionAlso
Rabbi Ely MatalonR. Ely Matalon Ab Bet DinRabbi, Congregation Beth Torah, 30 yearsRabbi and Administrator, MDYHS, 26 years
Rabbi Moshe ArkingR. Moshe ArkingHead Rabbi, Ave. O SynagogueRabbi, MDYHS
Rabbi David CondiottiR. David CondiottiRabbi, Park Ave. SynagogueRabbi, West Long Branch Synagogue
Rabbi Jack SavdieR. Jack SavdieCo-Head Rabbi, Ahaba ve Ahva CongregationRabbi, SRC Kollel
Rabbi David ShwekyR. David ShwekyFormer Assistant Rabbi, Kol Israel Congregation, 22 yearsProfessional Sofer
Rabbi Harold SuttonR. Harold SuttonHead Rabbi, Moreshet Yeshivah, IsraelFormer Rosh Yeshivah, MDYHS
A page of the Aleppo Codex, the tenth-century Hebrew Bible manuscript kept for centuries by the Jewish community of Aleppo
The Aleppo Codex, kept for six centuries by the Jews of Aleppo.

How they train

Every Dayan trains in two disciplines, through the Sephardic Community Dayanut Program.

Halacha. They are taught by leading Dayanim in Israel, led by Hacham Rabbi Golan Aluf, under the auspices of Rabbi Shlomo Amar, former Chief Rabbi of Israel.

Civil practice. They are trained by a leading New York matrimonial attorney and mediator in divorce law and mediation, so a civil settlement can be worked out alongside the Get.

Six Rabbis are trained in matrimonial law, two more are in training, and seven are now training in business and monetary law. Rabbi Ely Matalon, Ab Bet Din, founded and directs the program.

Arched courtyard of the Great Synagogue of Aleppo, photographed in the early twentieth century
Courtyard of the Great Synagogue of Aleppo, photographed by Ernst Herzfeld between 1908 and 1914.