YouTube Videos

Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash teaches the halachas of The Three Weeks with the Mishnah Berurah. Includes discussions on painting a house and giving a child an Upshirin during the three weeks.

BSD Beginning of the 8th chapter of Bava Metzia, this Torah class is dealing with the laws of the four guards. Given by R' Akiva Teichtal of the Ahavas Shalom Torah Center, Bet Shemesh.

BSD End of seventh Perk of Bava Metzia. More on conditions in Jewish Law. If someone makes an impossible condition, does the condition take effect (and the action annulled), or is the condition disqualified and the action takes place regardless?

BSD Man vs. Wolf in the Talmud. According to the Torah, if a paid shepherd is facing a wolf does he have to fight it or can he run away? I.e., how far does his responsibility go to look after the sheep? Does he have to fight an armed robber? *** Can a person [...]

BSD A paid guard should be more committed than a non-paid one, and therefore his obligations are higher too. A non paid guard only has to compensate the owner in case of a loss that resulted from real negligence. A paid one, however, has to pay even if the loss was a result of [...]

BSD In this video we discuss... a) The Inactive Worker. Does the guard of a field get to eat of the fruit like other workers do? This is a dispute between Rav & Shmuel. It revolves around one question: Is a passive worker equal to an active one or not? This question has ramifications [...]

BSD A po'el brought his own avadim to work in someone else's field. He prearranged with the field's owner to exchange the avadim's fruit for money. Is that permissible? The question revolves around a few issues, which are all discussed here: (a) how you define the poel's work (rights vs mere charity) (b) how [...]

Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash teaches the halachas of Going to Work with the Mishnah Berurah. O.C. 156. Going on a Kosher Cruise; Taking drugs; Giving advice; Interactions with doctors; Judging favorably; Wasting time with the News; and MORE!

BSD Continuing the topic of a worker eating from the field's fruit while working. Question: Is this right to eat defined as a raised salary or as a gift from God? We find a few practical differences between the two definitions: 1) If it's a salary, it's the workers financial right and he can [...]

BSD Your boss gave you a non-cash bonus (e.g. a ticket to a concert). Can you give it over to a friend? And where do we find a similar case in the Talmud?