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Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein

Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein​ ​serves as the dean of JLI's Machon Shmuel - the Sami Rohr Research Institute, a leading provider of on-demand​, quality Torah research​ to Torah scholars and academics worldwide as they work to build Judaism and Jewish literacy. Rabbi Bergstein​ ​also serves as associate Rabbi at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where he lives with his wife, Rivky (nee Schapiro), and their chidlren.

Faithful Guardians: Understanding the Torah Mandate for Rabbinic Jurisprudence

By Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein

When G-d gave the Torah, he also gave the system to protect laws derived from it from differing opinions.

Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein lays out the process of judgment proceeding from the local Rabbi up to the supreme court of the Sanhedrin. He describes how decrees were enacted and what considerations were applied.

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