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Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din ("Chief of the Court"). was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin

The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel....
 during the Second Commonwealth
Second Commonwealth

In Jewish history, the Second Commonwealth is the period during which the Second Temple of Jerusalem was in existence, roughly 530s BCE-70 CE.During this period, when ,geographically speaking, the Kingdom of Israel comprised approximately what today are the countries Israel and Jordan, as well as the Palestinian Authority, Judaism was confro...
 period. He presided over the Sanhedrin in the absence of the Nasi
Nasi

Nasi? is a Hebrew language title meaning prince, in Biblical Hebrew, or president, in Hebrew_language#Modern_Israeli_Hebrew....
, and was the chief of the Sanhedrin when it sat as a criminal court. He sat with seven other judges while hearing a case.

It is presently being used as an honorific title for the presiding rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 of a beit/beis din
Beth din

A beth din, beit din or beis din is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Land of Israel....
 (rabbinical court), who is typically the salaried rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 of the local Jewish community and not necessarily a renowned posek
Posek

Posek is the term in Halakha for "decider"?a legal scholar who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive....
 ("decisor" of Jewish law
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
.) It is also abbreviated as ABD when it is appended after the name of the Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities....
 of a national Jewish community.






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Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din ("Chief of the Court"). was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin

The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel....
 during the Second Commonwealth
Second Commonwealth

In Jewish history, the Second Commonwealth is the period during which the Second Temple of Jerusalem was in existence, roughly 530s BCE-70 CE.During this period, when ,geographically speaking, the Kingdom of Israel comprised approximately what today are the countries Israel and Jordan, as well as the Palestinian Authority, Judaism was confro...
 period. He presided over the Sanhedrin in the absence of the Nasi
Nasi

Nasi? is a Hebrew language title meaning prince, in Biblical Hebrew, or president, in Hebrew_language#Modern_Israeli_Hebrew....
, and was the chief of the Sanhedrin when it sat as a criminal court. He sat with seven other judges while hearing a case.

It is presently being used as an honorific title for the presiding rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 of a beit/beis din
Beth din

A beth din, beit din or beis din is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Land of Israel....
 (rabbinical court), who is typically the salaried rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 of the local Jewish community and not necessarily a renowned posek
Posek

Posek is the term in Halakha for "decider"?a legal scholar who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive....
 ("decisor" of Jewish law
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
.) It is also abbreviated as ABD when it is appended after the name of the Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities....
 of a national Jewish community.