Beth din

A beth din (Hebrew: בֵּית דִּין, romanized: Bēṯ Dīn, Beit Din, lit.'house of judgment', , Ashkenazic:beis din, plural: batei din) is a rabbinicalcourt of Judaism. A hearing held before a beth din is called a din Torah (Hebrew: דין תורה, romanized: din Torah, lit.'Torah law', plural dinei Torah). A beth din can be found both in Israel and in many Jewish diaspora communities.

A ruling (Hebrew: פסק, romanized: psak) from a beth din is based upon Jewish law (Hebrew: הלכה, romanized: halakha), though other legal systems are occasionally incorporated. Because it is not part of secular legal systems, when a case overlaps with secular courts its judgment is not always recognized by such courts.