Halachic Corner
Tuesday January 31, 2012 1:48 AM
Question: I put down my shopping bags outside the supermarket and promised a boy $5 to watch them while I got my car. One of the bags was stolen. Is he responsible for the theft? (more…)
Wednesday January 25, 2012 12:58 AM
Question: A neighbor asked permission to leave a small desk in my driveway for the day. It suddenly began raining and the desk got ruined in the rain. Am I responsible for the desk? (more…)
Wednesday January 18, 2012 12:43 AM
Question: What are the basic rules of entrusted items?
Answer: There are four types of shomrim (guardians) for entrusted items: shomer chinam, shomer sachar, (more…)
Monday January 9, 2012 9:35 AM
[Video below.] “Chalav Akum Nowadays” was presented by Rav Yisroel Belsky, OU Posek; Rav Menachem Genack, CEO OU Kosher; and Rav Aharon Teitelbaum, Nirbatur Rov, with an introduction by Rabbi (more…)
Thursday January 5, 2012 1:24 AM
By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
The first mention that we see of the tenth day of Teves as a fast day appears in Zecharia 8:19, where th (more…)
Wednesday January 4, 2012 2:05 AM
Question: I took a short-term loan of $4,000 from my neighbor. To assure him that I would repay promptly, we agreed that if I wouldn’t pay back in two months, he could take my car, which is worth (more…)
Wednesday December 28, 2011 2:22 AM
Question: Do inheritors have a responsibility to pay their parents’ loans with assets from the estate or with their own assets? (more…)
Friday December 23, 2011 1:23 AM
It is a Minhag Yisroel to play draidel (with money) on Chanukah, to commemorate the draidel game played by Jews who, despite the decree of the Greeks were learning Torah, and when caught, made (more…)
Thursday December 22, 2011 1:27 AM
Question: Someone lent me money many years ago and never bothered asking for it. Must I still pay, even though many years have passed and the lender totally forgot about the loan? (more…)
Wednesday December 21, 2011 1:27 AM
If one will not be home to light at the proper time, but plans to return at night while members of the household are still awake, according to Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and Rav Chaim Kanievsky, it is (more…)
