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In this shiur, Rav Berkovits examines the right of an individual to save himself at someone else's expense. Included is a valuable overview of how a beis din works, from lodging a complaint to be processed to actually going to the court to present your case.
Just because you make a deal with someone doesn't automatically guarantee ownership, unless you are sure to make a kinyan on the object. Rav Berkovits clarifies how to make a contract that will stand up in a Jewish court of law, when you can back out of a deal, and when you lose reliability.
In this session on hiring and firing, Rav Berkovits lays out the rules for employees and their bosses. Can you try to look for a new job despite the fact that you'll be leaving your employer in the lurch? Is it OK to strike? How about firing workers, or taking them for a job and canceling last minute?
What is included in being sure to pay a worker on the day he finishes the job? Rav Berkovits continues to work out the relationship between employer and employee. If one pays by hour, and an employee can't work for a day, is it a requirement to pay them? And what if someone provides you with a service you never asked for?
The responsibilities an employee has toward his employer are broad - something not very usual in today's workplace of spending time chatting and water cooler breaks. In this valuable shiur for anyone not their own boss, Rav Berkovits lays out clear guidelines of what is acceptable according to halacha, and what is not.
When you order an item and something else comes to your door, you may have more to think about than the sloppiness of the company who sent it. Are you in the right to demand a new object even if the difference between what you have and what you wanted is minimal? And can the storeowner demand it back to keep his good name, even if you decide youåÕll keep it?
Interest is actually considered a form of stealing. But what the Torah regards as interest, and what is Ribis DeRabanan are two different things. Rav Berkovits elucidates this complex subject, explaining the appropriate way to lend money without taking a chance of losing it all.
