Q&A: Torah Law and Monetary Law Today
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Torah Law and Monetary Law Today
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Following your remarks in several places about Torah law nowadays: in your opinion, is there today any situation in which one should, or in which it is appropriate, to go to arbitration in monetary cases?
Answer
Arbitration, meaning a rabbinical court? You can go if both sides agree, but there are various problems with the process (they have no authority to summon witnesses and request evidence, Jewish law does not always fit the reality of our times and it depends whom you end up before, and of course there is the problem of certainty—that is, what law they are actually ruling by. Though that exists in the regular court system too).