- who
acted in
opposition to his decrees; his duty was also to
appoint the
Dayyanim (judges) in
every city.
According to
Muslim scholars, the role of the Nagid...
-
Throughout the
Moroccan Jewish community,
there were
famous Sephardic dayyanim such as the Ibn
Danans whose authority was
largely recognized by Jews within...
-
Jewish community in Djerba, such as the
existence of
multiple rabbi-judges (
dayyanim). They also
referred to Ibadites, who
composed a
majority of the Muslim...
- Aron
Mendes Chumaceiro being made hakham, and Vaz Diaz and
Montezinos dayyanim (civil judges) at the same time. He
became dean of the
intermediate classes...
-
contained in the
Sefer ha-Dinim (so read by
Halberstam instead of
Sefer ha-
Dayyanim),
which was
divided into five "gates," and the
extent of
which may be judged...
- They were
under a "Hakham Bashi"
appointed by the
Sublime Porte.
Their dayyanim or
rabbinical chiefs were
Jacob ben Joseph [he],
Elijah Obadiah, and Rabbi...
-
refused to hold the
office of a rabbi, he was for many
years one of the
dayyanim (judges) of the
Vilna community. Barit's
chief merit, in
addition to his...
- the 18th
century Sataniv was Podolia's
leading community. In 1756 its
dayyanim (religious judges) held a
trial of the Frankists. In 1765
there were 1...
- administration,
their own
affairs being managed by the rabbis, the elders, and the
dayyanim or
religious judges.
These conditions contributed to the strengthening...
