Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: Reuven owns an apartment and is looking for a tenant, while Shimon is looking for an apartment to rent. Shimon looks at Reuven’s apartment and decides he wants to rent it. He gives him a…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: Typically, when someone rents a residential house or apartment, he has to sign a lease. What is the function of this lease? Is it necessary according to halacha to have one? Answer: A rental needs…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: May a parent favor one son over the other sons in his will? Answer: The Gemara says that one should not do that. The Gemara says that one should not make distinctions between one son and…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: If a parent did not write a will but they intentionally stated to the children their intentions of how they want their assets to be divided. Are the children obligated to honor those wishes? Answer: I…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: Someone wants to prepare a will that is valid both according to halacha and secular law. What would be the way to prepare such a will? Answer: Halacha doesn’t really include a native mechanism for doing…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: Shimon passes away, leaving behind sons and daughters. He left a will that divides his assets equally between his sons and daughters. The will was prepared by a lawyer according to secular law. Do his sons…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: Is a Jewish community permitted to issue its own rules for inheritance which are not necessarily the same as the rules delineated by halacha? Answer: There is a strong basis for communities to enact rules that…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: A father passes away, leaving behind sons and daughters. According to secular law, the daughters would have to sign away their rights for the sons to inherit the entire yerusha. Can the sons force them to…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: Would it be permitted to enter into a contract, such as a prenuptial agreement, that states that upon one’s death, his assets will be distributed according to secular law, rather than according to halacha? Answer: This…
Rav Yitzchak Grossman Question: There are times when the secular laws of inheritance diverge from halacha. How do we deal with those cases? Answer: There is a very strong consensus amongst the Poskim that we do not follow secular law…