Casriel Dovid Kaplin
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Casriel Dovid Kaplin (1931-2006) was a charedi rabbi and a dayan in the London Beth Din. He lived for much of his life in London, England. He published three volumes of his responsa as well as numerous scholarly articles, besides many unpublished writings.
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[edit] Early years
Casriel Dovid Kaplin was born in the East End of London in 1931 (Chol Hamoed Sukkos 5632) to Jerusalem-born Noach Kaplin, a grandson of Reb Nochum Magid who used to hold droshos in the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. During World War II the family was evacuated to Letchworth because of the proximity of their dwelling to London Docks, a major target for German bombing. He became barmitsva while living at Letchworth; in later years he would bemoan the fact that at his barmitsva he was not able to have his own personal tefilin. However, the piplul he delivered on the occasion of his barmitsva was heard by Rabbi Elya Lopian and Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky, two great Torah scholars who were living in Letchworth at that time.
[edit] Student years
After the war was over he studied at Gateshead Yeshiva. In 1952 he transferred to Chevron Yeshiva for several years, after which he was accepted in Gateshead Kolel. he received semicha from Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and Rabbi Shlomo Dovid Kahana.
In 1960 he married the eldest daughter of Aharon Zucker of Stamford Hill. He continued his studies at Gateshead Kolel until 1965, when he was appointed as the Rov of the Shomrei Hadath Synagogue, Hampstead, London. He had not been long in this position when he received a call to join the London Beth Din.
[edit] At the London Beth Din
Casriel Dovid's appointment as a dayan of the London Beth Din in the late 1960s, a position he was hold for the next thirty years, proved a turning point in his career. He rapidly built up expertise in the areas of agunos and the correct spelling of names in gittin as well as practical issues relating to mikvas. As his reputation grew he began to receive rabbinical questions frrom all over the world, and he is quoted in such classic responsa as Minchas Yitschok and Yabia Omer. He resigned from the service of London Beth Din after allegations that he had pilfered books.
[edit] Publications
He published three volumes of responsa: Keser Dovid, Keser Dovid Tinyono, Keser Nehora. A posthumous edition of novellae on Maseches Mikvaoth was published in 2007 under the name Keser Dovid.
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