Pinchas Toledano (פנחס טולידאנו) is

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(

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) of

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of the

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. He was also the official ''

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'', head of the court, of the Netherlands '' Beit Din''.

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He studied under his father, , and also attended various yeshivot in England and Israel, receiving

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—ordination—at age 20. He is also a certified '' shochet'' (ritual slaughterer), ''

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'' (scribe) and ''

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'' (circumciser).Hakham Emeritus Dr. P. Toledano
Profile at the "''Esnoga''" Portuguese Synagogue In 1969 he received a BA Hons in Semitics from the

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. In 1980 he received his PhD from London, his dissertation focusing on the relationship between

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and the ''Targumim''. In 1974 he was appointed Dayan (rabbinic judge) of the

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Community of London and in 1980 was Av Bet Din. In 1998, he was appointed Dayan of the Dutch Sephardi Beth Din. He was appointed as Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese community of the Netherlands in 2012. Since 2020 he is Hakham-Emeritus.

Works

Dayan P. Toledano is author of several scholarly works.Pinchas B. Toledano
at the

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Among these are: *''Berit Shalom'', which collects his Rabbinical Responsa in 3 volumes, the largest bulk of which deals with the issue of mamzerim *''Meqor haBerakhah'' (מקור הברכה), a code of Jewish Law with notes, commentary, and sources as based on contemporary ''

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'' in 4 volumes: :# Prayers, Blessings :#

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and Moadim :# Various Current Laws in Yore Dea :# Everlasting Life - Mourning Laws :It contains approbations from both Rav

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and Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, and both have written notes in the volume on points in which they disagree with the Dayan. An English rendition of this work, published as ''Fountain of Blessings'' (), was also released as a 2-volume set (each volume containing two of the volumes from the original four-volume publication). *''The

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of India'', focusing on the controversy surrounding the Bene Israel, and remonstrating the Sephardic community and State of Israel for its rejection of them. ().

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