Halachos of breaching a contract. The first payment for a property was given to the seller. Then he decided to renege. Is that permissible? Watch till the end and get the full summary of the first part of the chapter.
BSD Why is it that we always read Parashas Bamidbar before Shavuos?
BSD Topics: A craftsman botching is job. A seller or buyer backing off on a deal after making (or receiving) the first payment. And more.
BSD Judaism on workers' rights. Can a worker quit his or her job in the middle of the workday with (seemingly) no justifiable reason? Does it make a difference whether they are paid per hour or are freelancers? *At the end of Vayikra (Leviticus) the Torah says: "For the children of Israel shall be [...]
BSD Workers and employers breeching a verbal contract either before or in the middle of a workday. (Plus review and corrections of previous class).
Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash teaches about Sefiras Ha'Omer with the Mishnah Berurah. O.C. 489.
BSD Jewish Laws of Contracts. When an agent misrepresents those who sent him it can get tricky, and the details are many. This applies both to monetary law and to the laws of a "get" (a divorce document), when a messenger was sent by a woman to receive her "get" from her husband. Watch [...]
BSD Welcome to the 6th chapter of tractate Bava Metzia. The first Mishnah deals with broken - or misunderstood- contracts. What should be done if your worker stands you up or your employer changes his mind- in the middle of the job? What happens if an agent heard one thing from the employer but [...]
BSD Loan interest? Bad news! Ribbis doesn't always mean giving more money. According to Jewish law, an extra gift from the borrower to the lender, or even special treatment from him are also considered as ribbis. This prohibition is so grave, that an interest lender breaks no less than five (!) different Torah laws. [...]
BSD Borrowing a (perishable) item in order to get it back (e.g. a bag of four for a bag of flour) may sometimes be a Ribbis issue. Why? Because the bag of flour may be worth $5 now but is likely to be worth more when returned, which is declared as Ribbis derabanan. There [...]