Chicago Rabbinical Council
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The Chicago Rabbinical Council (or cRc) is the largest regional Orthodox rabbi
nical organization in America, located in Chicago
, Illinois
. The cRc is a not-for-profit offering a wide variety of Jewish services including kosher product supervision and kosher certification. Kosher certification is available around the world and throughout the year, including Passover supervision.
The cRc is also involved in community relations, funeral standards legislative issues, singles programming, youth education, and other activities benefiting the Jewish and general communities.
The cRc provides a beth din
, a court of rabbis who are experts in Jewish law. In addition to dealing in the area of Jewish divorce, the Jewish court deals with Jewish adoption, conversion, certification of Jewish status, cases of mediation, and legal disputes.
The CRC's beth din
and kashrus services are used by many other midwestern
and south-central
United States
Jewish
communities.
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz
is the long-time Av Beit Din
of the cRc.
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
nical organization in America, located in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The cRc is a not-for-profit offering a wide variety of Jewish services including kosher product supervision and kosher certification. Kosher certification is available around the world and throughout the year, including Passover supervision.
The cRc is also involved in community relations, funeral standards legislative issues, singles programming, youth education, and other activities benefiting the Jewish and general communities.
The cRc provides a beth din
Beth din
A beth din, bet 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 Biblical Land of Israel...
, a court of rabbis who are experts in Jewish law. In addition to dealing in the area of Jewish divorce, the Jewish court deals with Jewish adoption, conversion, certification of Jewish status, cases of mediation, and legal disputes.
The CRC's beth din
Beth din
A beth din, bet 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 Biblical Land of Israel...
and kashrus services are used by many other midwestern
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
and south-central
South Central United States
The South Central United States or South Central states is a region of the United States located in the south central part of the country. It evolved out of the archaic southwest, which originally was literally the western U.S. South...
United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
communities.
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz
Gedalia Dov Schwartz
Gedalia Dov Schwartz Gedalia Dov Schwartz Gedalia Dov Schwartz (born 24 January 1925 is an eminent Modern Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and posek (halakhic authority) living in Chicago, Illinois...
is the long-time Av Beit Din
Av Beit Din
Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Abh Beyth Diyn . was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin during the Second Commonwealth period. He presided over the Sanhedrin in the absence of the Nasi, and was the chief of the Sanhedrin when it sat as a criminal court...
of the cRc.
External links
- http://www.crcweb.org – The CRC's official website