בֵּית דִּין שֶׁל מַטָּה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Terrestrial court of law (as against "celestial")

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Courts and tribunals in which humans sit to judge, as opposed to a celestial court where God is the judge.

(“R’ Tanchuma in the name of the Rabbis said: Three matters were decreed by the terrestrial court and agreed upon by the celestial court, and these are: asking for peace in the name, the Scroll of Esther, and tithes, the order of annulling vows” – Ruth Rabbah (Vilna) Parashah 4; and likewise: “From the office of that terrestrial court, matters ascend to the celestial court” – Mendeli Mo"se, Massot Binyamin III, 1:8; and likewise: “You will be judged for this both in the terrestrial court and in the celestial court” – H. Baer, El Makom SheHaRuach Holechet, 393.)