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Rav Baruch Fried Question: A young boy from my neighborhood who is below the age of bar mitzvah did some work helping me in my office and left before I had a chance to pay him. Can I wait until I…
Rav Baruch Fried Question: A young boy from my neighborhood who is below the age of bar mitzvah did some work helping me in my office and left before I had a chance to pay him. Can I wait until I…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: If a tenant is not paying rent, or he is at the end of a lease but refuses to vacate, what can a bais din do to get the tenant out? Answer: If the tenant…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: A tenant lives in a state that does not have anti-eviction laws. At the end of his lease, his landlord asks him to vacate the apartment so that he can rent it to his second…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: In New Jersey and some other US states, there are laws that forbid evicting a tenant without just cause, even at the end of a lease. Is this law binding according to halacha? Answer: Anti-eviction…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: Reuven is looking for an apartment to rent. He finds one he likes and the owner tells him it is $2,000 a month. After he signs the agreement, he speaks to his new neighbors and…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: There was a flood in an apartment and the tenant was forced to move out for a few days while repairs were being done, is he entitled to deduct those days from his rent? Or…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: Reuven signed a lease to rent a townhouse that was in the process of being built. When the construction was completed, he moved in and was surprised to discover that there was no washer and…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: Let’s discuss some specific examples of common repairs. Would a landlord have to pay to fix a clogged toilet? Answer: Clogged toilets are usually caused by negligence on the tenant’s part, which means that the…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: What are a landlord’s obligations to his tenant in regard to repairing things that break of their own accord over the course of the rental? Answer: In the regular case where one rents a specific…
Rav Baruch Meir Levin Question: If a tenant subleases an apartment for more rent than he is paying, can he keep the profit? For example, if he is renting the apartment for $1,500 a month and he subleases it for…