A doubt about a flout Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 10, 2020 Before Thanksgiving, a number of county sheriffs in New York State declared that they would not enforce Governor Andrew Cuomo’s rule limiting gatherings in…
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Rabbi Chaim Weg Question: Someone violated the prohibition of geneivas da’as by deceiving another in one of the ways discussed over the last few segments (e.g., selling an item while misrepresenting its quality). Is the sale still valid, or must…
Rabbi Chaim Weg Case: Someone owns an eight-year old car that he now wishes to sell. The car’s exterior is not in the greatest condition and contains some dents after being involved in some fender-benders with other cars. Question: Is…
Packaged Pachyderm HaRav Chaim Weg December 3, 2020 Q: I ordered an elephant-skin talis bag from a Jewish dealer in South Africa for $800, which I paid in full by credit card. Usually, this dealer sends his goods to American…
Prayer Priorities Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg December 3, 2020 Please save me from my brother, from Eisav . . . Bereishis 32:12 The Gemara (Brachos 26b) derives from the pasuk of “Vayifga bamakom” in…
Question: An individual from Lakewood was making a wedding for one of his children in Chicago. A good friend of his from Lakewood happened to be in Chicago on business at that time and decided to attend the wedding. When…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 3, 2020 All’s well that ends well Last week’s article on electoral corruption discussed a community election that had become the subject of explosive charges of rampant vote buying, in which…
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Rabbi Daniel Dombroff Case: A person received a package delivered to his house. He had not ordered any package, nor did he expect to receive such a package from anyone. When he looked at the identifying label, he saw that…