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SHECHAINIM- PART I

3 Categories of Shechainim

By Rav Shmuel Honigwachs

Maareh Mekomos

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Is a Driver Liable For Damages If The Victim’s Car Got Totaled a Minute Later?

Is a Tenant Liable For Wasting Electricity?

Is a Driver Liable For Striking a Scooter in The Road In The Middle of The Night?

Is a Homeowner Liable For Damages He Caused by Leaving His Hose Running?

SHECHAINIM – PART II

By Rav Shmuel Honigwachs

Maareh Mekomos

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Can Neighbors Force a Yeshiva to Stain The Windows Facing Their Property?

Does Choshen Mishpat Allow a Person to Stop a Yeshiva From Being Built in a Residential Area?

May One Lobby a Zoning Board to Prevent His Neighbor From Getting a Variance?

May One Extend His Deck If Doing So Would Give Him a View Into His Neighbor’s Window ?

SHECHAINIM – PART III

Zoning Boards

By Rav Shmuel Honigwachs

Maareh Mekomos

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If I Make a Pool in My Backyard, Can I Force My Neighbor to Close Off an Existing Window in His House?

Is One Who Makes a Window Facing his Neighbor’s Pool Obligated to Pay For a Mechitzah?

Is One Allowed to Sue In Court to Have a Neighbor’s Building Variance Revoked?

May One Go To a Zoning Board to Prevent a Shul From Getting a Building Variance?

SHECHAINIM – PART IV

By Rav Shmuel Honigwachs

Maareh Mekomos

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Can a Homeowner Block Off a Shortcut Through His Property?

Can a Resident of a Housing Development Force All His Neighbors to Contribute to a Fence Around His Pool?

Does Hezek Riya Apply When Both Neighbors Bought Their Homes From Non-Jews?

If a Jew Buys a House From a Non-Jew, Does He Have to Close Off a Window That Faces His Neighbor’s Pool?

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