A matchmaker’s demand for a non-standard fee
The rules of a shadchan’s pay depend on the local custom. (In many communities, no formal payment is...
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If and how to make children pay for household damages
There are three possible approaches to take to solve your dilemma. One approach is to figure out how...
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Non-refundable enrollment fee
We wish you in advance nachas from your daughter’s spiritual gains during her studies in whatever fine institution...
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Charging a fixed rate which may prove inaccurate
Our favorite questions are monetary ones that are asked not to try to gain money but to make...
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Damage payment on an already damaged object
We want to commend you and the person who caused the accident for wanting to do the right...
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When is compromise appropriate?
First of all, we have a problem giving advice that could afford you a monetary advantage at someone...
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Receiving full pay for reduced work
It is challenging to answer questions of what is best to do, as most of Choshen Mishpat (monetary...
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Borrowing without Explicit Permission
This is an important question. Adherence to every halachic nuance is as important in day-to-day monetary and personal...
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Heirs Who Disagree About What to Do With an Estate
We begin by clarifying a few points. Firstly, in an actual case, we cannot give a definitive answer...
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Allocation of Partial Payment between a Principal Professional and Subcontractors
Interim Response: We salute you in the most enthusiastic terms for your resolve to do the right thing....
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Keeping Money That Was Returned in Anger
This question involves many complicated halachic issues. In this forum, we can only outline the basis for our...
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Paid Vacation for Yom Kippur
A Jew must not only refrain from forbidden activity on Shabbat and Yom Tov, but also may not...
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Returning a Stolen Object One Bought from the Thief
4 may go to the police in regard to 1, the alleged thief. Apparently he is reluctant to...
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Paying for Damage of an Object One Was Unaware of
As always, we preface our answers to such monetary questions by pointing out that we cannot tell you...
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Responsibility of One Carrying His Friend’s Property
A shomer chinam (an unpaid guard) is exempt from financial responsibility when the guarded object is lost or...
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Paying for a Cancelled Taxi Order
One (Reuven) who offers a worker (Shimon) a job can generally back out of his commitment if a...
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Is One Obligated to Enable Someone to Sue Him?
Before we deal with your important dilemma, let us point out a few things. First, you should confirm...
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Damage to an “On Approval” Sales Item
It appears that you are asking your question from the perspective of halachic curiosity and do not have...
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Money Found in a House
For simplicity’s sake, we will deal with this as if it were a theoretical case occurring in Israel...
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Malpractice for Extracting the Wrong Tooth
It is not clear whether you are talking about a theoretical question or a practical one. If it...
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Partial Pay for an Uncompleted Job
We will answer your question with two reservations. First, we will limit ourselves to the letter of the...
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Questionable Relinquishing of Rights
It is not appropriate for us to determine whether the talmid chacham was right or wrong, all the...
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Taking a Book Left to the Discretion of a Yeshiva
It is not fully clear that signs of the type you refer to in yeshivot and shuls are...
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Monopolistic Practices and Halacha
We will assume that this is not a question about an actual case, but rather an inquiry into...
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Using Other People’s Religious Articles
Your presumptions are overstated, as we will explain, but your question is fascinating and prompts us to explore...
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Sharing Expenses for a Separating Wall
The mishna discusses a type of wall built in order to divide property shared by two people. The...
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Stopping Fare-Beaters
We will explore three halachic issues, starting with lashon hara. If one sees Reuven wronging Shimon monetarily, he...
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Discount for a Kashrut Mistake
It would seem that those...
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Protecting a Bicycle that Had to be Moved
We should first discuss whether you had a right to break the chain and move the bicycle; that...
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Realtor Fee for an Altered Purchase
It is clear from the litigants’ presentations that the expectation that the defendants would buy both apartments played...
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