ARE BATEI DIN INDEPENDENT ENTITIES OR PART OF LARGER ORGANIZATIONS?
Batei din may be sponsored by local or national organizations, i.e., the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada/Agudath HaRabonim, but batei din may also be formed on an ad hoc basis to hear a particular case, such as a zabla beit din. (See III:9.) Some problems that may arise with ad hoc batei din include a lack of oversight by a sponsoring organization, inaccessibility of the dayyanim, who may be difficult to find once the beit din has dissolved, and unavailability of records due to poor record keeping practices.
