Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Question: If someone sends me a 25-page halachic shtar in an email and instructs me to read and confirm it, do I actually have to read it? Can I just trust the Dayan who wrote the shtar…
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Question: In today’s digital world, much commerce is done digitally, with signatures signed via computerized documents. What standing do such signatures have halachically? Answer: There is a halachic concept known as “Situmta”, which generally means that common…
Going Public Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald January 28, 2021 …And they went for three days in the desert, and they did not find water. Shemos 15:22 The Gemara in Bava Kama states that…
The Lost Ledger Harav Chaim Weg January 28, 2021 Q My local grocery extends credit to their regular customers, and I take advantage of this from time to time. Whenever I have extra cash, I pay down my debt.…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 28, 2021 In the first article in this series on prioritization of scarce medical resources, we mentioned R’ Avraham Sofer-Abraham’s belief that physicians tend to follow a rule of first come,…
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Rav Shmuel Binyomin Honigwachs Laws of Asmachta - BHDs Can a Heter Iska Have The Power of a Loan Document? Rav Shmuel Binyomin Honigswachs Question: We know that once a borrower repays a loan, he should take the contract…
Rav Shmuel Binyomin Honigwachs Case: There is a concept of ne’emanus which is usually placed in a halachic shtar. This usually means that the promissory note has a stipulation that the lender will be believed that he is owed money, and…
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Question: I am starting a new business. Naturally, there are a lot of moving parts. I am hiring employees, partnering with people, taking out loans etc. Can you walk me through which parts need a halachic shtar?…
Rav Shmuel Binyomin Honigwachs Question: If I have a legal document for a loan or transaction, is there still a reason for me to have a halachic shtar as well? Answer: A legal document that has been reviewed…