Rav Yitzchok Grossman Question: How should partners split their profits when the terms were not clearly specified? If one partner put up 70% and the other 30%, should they divide the profits along those lines? Answer: The Gemara discusses this…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: Can one ever be compelled to chip in and join a partnership if there is a communal need? Answer: It’s clear from the Mishnah and Gemara that there are times when partnerships are automatic and people…
Rav Yitzchok Grossman Question: If one owns shares in a corporation, does that mean that he is considered a halachic partner? Would this mean it would be forbidden to own shares in a company that sells chometz on Pesach or…
Rav Yitzchok Grossman Question: If a partnership is created in a way that is not according to halacha, but is in accordance with common custom or legal norms, is that enough? Answer: There are Gedolei Acharonim, including the Ridvaz and…
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Constructive Criticism Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald February 18, 2021 Q My window shades fell down on Shabbos. Would I have been permitted to rehang them? A One of the 39 melachos of Shabbos is boneh (building). In addition to new construction, the melacha includes repairing or…
Copy Protected Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Yechiel Biberfeld February 18, 2021 And you shall make a menorah of pure gold… Shemos 25:31 The Gemara in Avodah Zarah says it is forbidden mid’Oraisa to build…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman February 18, 2021 Our previous article on the GameStop short selling controversy considered some halachic arguments against the legitimacy of short selling. Here we consider several additional arguments. Improper competition In the…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: If two people want to enter a business partnership together, what do they have to do to ensure the shutfus is halachically binding? Answer: In general, a kinyan is needed to make a typical transaction, such…
Rav Shmuel Binyomin Honigwachs Question: An employee signed a non-compete, agreeing to pay a fine if he engages in certain behaviors. He later wishes to flout the agreement, and is willing to take the penalty. Is he allowed to do…