dayyan

A woman may act as a dayyan (rabbinical judge) if so accepted by the public.

Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Ouziel. 2009

Upon his return to Israel he was appointed a dayyan in the rabbinical courts of Petah Tikvah and Jerusalem (1958 – 1965); in 1969, as a member of the Supreme Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem, and chief rabbi of Tel Aviv in 1968.

Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef. 2009

Her grandfather, Rabbi Simha Zissel, the scion of a rabbinic family in Vilna (that of the Yesod, Yehudah ben Eliezer; Yesod is an acronym for Yehudah safra ve-dayyan, “Yehudah scribe and judge,” d. 1762), was the first member of the family to turn to trade, opening a large general store that became a center of life in the township.

Bracha Habas. 2009

By 1699, the Perlhefters had returned to Prague, where Ber served as a dayyan (rabbinic judge).

Bella Perlhefter. 2009

But attending Yeshiva College is not the same as serving as a rabbi, a dayyan, a Jewish Studies principal, and, in the context of avodah zarah, a shochet, a sofer, and a wine producer.

An interesting letter | Jewschool 2007

Besides the rav and the dayyan there were other men whose callings were holy, -- the shohat, who knew how cattle and fowls should be killed; the hazzan and the other officers of the synagogue; the teachers of Hebrew, and their pupils.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

Another great teacher was the dayyan, who heard people's quarrels and settled them according to the Law, so that they should not have to go to the Gentile courts.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

Another great teacher was the dayyan, who heard people's quarrels and settled them according to the Law, so that they should not have to go to the Gentile courts.

The Promised Land 1912

Besides the rav and the dayyan there were other men whose callings were holy, – the shohat, who knew how cattle and fowls should be killed; the hazzan and the other officers of the synagogue; the teachers of Hebrew, and their pupils.

The Promised Land 1912

The only Hebrew word which, properly speaking, means "judge", in its etymology and historical significance, is dayyan (found in all Semitic languages: Arab. dayyân; Aramaic dayyâna; Assyrian da-a-nu or da-ia-nu, etc.).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913