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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Ki Seitzei

Bearing Witness Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald August 27, 2020   …And it shall be if she does not find favor in his eyes… Devarim 24:1 The establishing or the dissolution of a marital bond…

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Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

Neighborhood Watch Dayan Daniel Dombroff August 27, 2020 Q:  I babysit for a living. A neighbor asked me to watch her child, who was sleeping at the time. I told a friend who was present that I wasn’t planning to…

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Friend of the Court

May judges judge their friends? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 27, 2020 A coalition of nine progressive groups has released a statement calling on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to recuse himself from an upcoming case…

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Capital Calls & Ribbis

Capital Calls & Ribbis Preferred Equity: Why Don’t the Elements of Risk Take Away Potential Ribbis Issues? Rabbi Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Case: Reuven and Shimon create a business partnership. One of the terms was as follows. If the business ever…

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Ribbis and Convertible Notes

Rabbi Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Question: In the previous sessions, we have discussed investment issues in halacha and in particular with regard to the prohibition of ribbis (forbidden interest). Another common question that arises relates to what is known as a…

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May One Convert a Loan Into Equity?

Rabbi Yosef Dovid Josilowsky   Case: Reuven lent $1,000 to Shimon, but rather than asking for the money to be returned, Shimon suggested that Reuven use the money towards a 50-50 business partnership between the two of them.  Question: Would…

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Meseches Eiruvin- Perek 9- כל גגות

Daf 89- An Item That Came From a Neighboring Courtyard Rav Yochanan Metzger, Rosh Kollel in Cleveland, OH   Daf 90- The Halacha of Karfef Rav Yosef Jacobowitz, Mechaber Sefer Gevul Rishonim   Daf 91- Times of Danger Rav Yosef…

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