Guide
Court Cases Held in the Early Synagogue
1st–6th Centuries
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Jesus Warns about Judgment in Synagogues
When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or…
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Testimony in the Synagogue
[If] he stood in the synagogue and said, “I adjure you that if you know any testimony for me, you should come and bear testimony for me,” they are exempt unless he directs himself to them.
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A Single Judge in a Synagogue
R. Abbahu was sitting as sole judge in the inclining synagogue of Caesarea. His students said to him: Did the rabbi not teach, “Do not judge sitting alone”? He told them: Since you see me sitting…
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Judgment in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur
Which [halakhic conclusion] was about this [matter? Is a presumption established after two occurrences or only after three?] When R. Isaac bar Joseph came [from Erets Yisrael], he said: An incident…