במותב תלתא בי דינא כחדא הוינא

English translation: Sitting as a tributal of three (judges), we were as one

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Hebrew term or phrase:במותב תלתא בי דינא כחדא הוינא
English translation:Sitting as a tributal of three (judges), we were as one
Entered by: Mary Jane Shubow

03:33 Dec 17, 2012
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
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Hebrew term or phrase: במותב תלתא בי דינא כחדא הוינא
Does anyone know how to translate this Aramic expression on a divorce certificate?

Thanks
Mary Jane Shubow
United States
Local time: 12:51
Sitting as a tributal of three (judges), we were as one
Explanation:
This is not Hebrew but Aramaic. It is part of the formal preamble of a ruling of a Beit Din (Rabbinic Tribunal), indicating the unanimity of the ruling (as opposed to a minority/majority situation in modern tribunals). The Hebrew equivalent is: במושב שלושה [דיינים ב] בית הדין היינו כאחד

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Note added at 10 hrs (2012-12-17 13:49:46 GMT)
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For example, Mishneh Torah provides a text for confirming Halitzah with a similar formulation (without the "as one"), translated as follows in the Chabad website as follows: "we, the judges... sat in a session of three in court."
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/960622/jewish/...
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Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
United States
Local time: 15:51
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Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
5Sitting as a tributal of three (judges), we were as one
Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
3In the presence of the undersigned three judges (dayanim), duly constituting a Beit Din, ....
Ty Kendall


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In the presence of the undersigned three judges (dayanim), duly constituting a Beit Din, ....


Explanation:
...there appeared before us...(name)

If the text which follows appears thus:

" _________במותב תלתא בי דינא כחדא הוינא ואתא לקדמנא"

http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-Pruzbul.htm

Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: The text is like this but the last two words appear later in another place. I'll ask those as a separate question. Thanks!

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Sitting as a tributal of three (judges), we were as one


Explanation:
This is not Hebrew but Aramaic. It is part of the formal preamble of a ruling of a Beit Din (Rabbinic Tribunal), indicating the unanimity of the ruling (as opposed to a minority/majority situation in modern tribunals). The Hebrew equivalent is: במושב שלושה [דיינים ב] בית הדין היינו כאחד

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Note added at 10 hrs (2012-12-17 13:49:46 GMT)
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For example, Mishneh Torah provides a text for confirming Halitzah with a similar formulation (without the "as one"), translated as follows in the Chabad website as follows: "we, the judges... sat in a session of three in court."
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/960622/jewish/...

Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
United States
Local time: 15:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 12
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Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! This seems to be it for this one!

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