A badatz ( he, בד״ץ plural ) is a major Jewish
beth din
A beit din ( he, בית דין, Bet Din, house of judgment, , Ashkenazic: ''beis din'', plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Biblical Land of Israel. Today, it ...
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rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...
nical court). The term is a modern one, and is an acronym for ("court of Justice").
In Israel, the term ''Badatz'' is often used to refer to the Badatz of the
Edah HaChareidis
The Charedi Council of Jerusalem ( he, העדה החרדית, ''haEdah haCharedit'', Ashkenazi pronunciation: ''ha-Aideh Charaidis'' or ''ha-Eido ha-Chareidis''; "Congregation of God-Fearers") is a large Haredi Judaism, Haredi Judaism, Jewish comm ...
; however, it is not the title of this group, and other ''batei din'' use the title as well. It is often used in the context of
hechsher
A hechsher (; he, הֶכְשֵׁר "prior approval"; plural: ''hechsherim'') is a rabbinical product certification, qualifying items (usually foods) that conform to the requirements of halakha.
Forms
A hechsher may be a printed and signed certif ...
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kashrut
(also or , ) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law. Food that may be consumed is deemed kosher ( in English, yi, כּשר), fro ...
certification).
Rabbinical courts that use this title include:
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Badatz Edah HaChareidis'' from
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
*''Badatz Igud Rabbonim'' of Rabbi Osher Yaakov Westheim
*''Badatz Chassam Sofer'' from
Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq ( he, בְּנֵי בְּרַק ) is a city located on the central Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an are ...
, and Rabbis Shmuel Eliezer Stern and Yitzchok Shlomo Ungar
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*''Badatz Mehadrin'' of Rabbi Simcha HaKohen Kook and Rabbi Avraham Rubin
*''Badatz Machzikei HaDas'' of ]Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...
*''Badatz Beit Yosef
Badatz Beit Yosef is a kosher certification that is widely used by Sephardic and other Jews in Israel. Badatz Beit Yosef follows the guidelines set by Rabbi Yosef Caro. In Israel, an estimated 70 percent of restaurants use the Badatz Beit Yosef st ...
'' of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef ( he, , Ovadya Yosef, ; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodo ...
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*''Badatz Yoreh Deah'' of Rabbis Shlomo Machpoud and Ovadia Yosef][
*''Badatz Chug Chassam Sofer'' of Rabbi A. Wosner
*''Badatz of the Hisachdus Kehilas Hayereim''][
*''Badatz of Toronto'' of Rabbi Amram Assayag
*''Badatz Rabbinical Court'', based in Lakewood, New Jersey, with courtrooms around the U.S.][
*''Badatz Mekor Haim'', based in Queens, New York, of Rabbi ]Eliyahu Ben Haim
Eliyahu Ben Chaim (born August 4, 1940) is a Sephardi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Orthodox halachist. He is the Av Beit Din (head of the rabbinical court) of Mekor Haim in Queens, New York, and a prominent leader of New York's Sephardi Jewish ...
References
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Kosher food certification organizations
Rabbinical organizations
Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law