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NEWS
Proposal to Authorize Botei Din to Judge Monetary Cases
By Betzalel Kahn
The government approved in principle a draft of a government-
sponsored bill vesting the rabbinical botei din with
the authority to hear monetary cases with the consent of both
parties, and to hand down decisions. The law has not yet been
passed in the Ministerial Legislating Committee due to
disputes among the ministers.
The proposal was placed on the agenda last week, but
following a request by the Government Secretary and the
Coalition Chairman, the Knesset vote was postponed pending
the government's decision. But since the government has yet
to approve the proposal due to the dispute in the Legislating
Committee, Rabbi Gafni announced he would try to bring it for
a direct vote in the Knesset without the approval of the
government.
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