BSD Are white lies permitted in Judaism? Does Judaism believe in reincarnations? (Yes? Are you sure?) Does it believe in the Evil Eye? Is it a blessing to live near a synagogue or perhaps it is not? Get all the info (and much more) in this video. Enjoy!
BSD What are the six seasons of the Jewish year? And how do they affect the laws between a landowner and his leaser? What happened to the garlic grower when his field produced nothing? Watch this shiur for all this and more.
BSD Don't give up! Case: A field is not yielding anything for a while, as are the other fields in the area. Can the field owner still demand of his leaser -cum - field worker not to give up and keep trying to till it (and if not, he'd still demand the annual lease [...]
BSD Oh no...locust is coming! A rented field was struck by catastrophe, and all the produce is now gone. Does the renter - who is normally supposed to pay with produce, for produce- still have to pay, even though there is no produce to pay with? Well, depends if the disaster was regional or [...]
BSD Can climbing a tree make one tameh? Can riding an animal render you tameh? In this shiur we get to learn some Tumah & Tahara basics. MORE: Can one wear his Tefillin while carrying something else on his head? And what were the seed sowing techniques in the Talmud's times?
Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash teaches the halachas of Chol Hamoed with the Mishnah Berurah (O.C. 531). Covers topics of who can and cannot have a haircut during Chol Hamoed, prohibition to leave Eretz Yisrael for just a "vacation", first "upshirin" on Chol Hamoed, and More!
BSD Can a sharecropper just give up and stop toiling his boss's land? Can he claim that the land has been producing so little lately that it's not worth it for him to continue working anymore? Can a filed renter say that he doesn't want to weed the land? When is food called "wicked" [...]
BSD All investors are welcome into this great business venture! But what are the halachic details of investments? How do we avoid possible issues of Ribbis? Can any side break away in the middle of the deal? How are the profits split?
BSD They stand under the chuppah all starry eyed....When it comes to the Ketubah, the rabbi mentions a colossal amount of money (given from him to her and also from her to him, as a dowry ). Do they really mean it? Or is it just a formality?
BSD When the fun is over, does the worker still have to pay? If a sharecropper agreed to work in a field that had a special feature (e.g. a spring or a tree that made the field more attractive to him), and at some point that feature was gone. Can he now pay less [...]