Business Law
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Getting Quotes With No Intention to Buy
The person I work for constantly demands that I contact vendors (like for computer systems, copiers, scanners, etc) and talk to them about prices, special deals, etc. The people think I’m seriously going to buy from them, yet I know…
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Usury
It is clearly one of the commandments not to lend money at interest. If so, why are so many Jews in the money business? You are absolutely correct that it is forbidden by the Torah to lend money for interest.…
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Misleading Conduct?
My congregation is engaged in a search for an Assistant Rabbi. The synagogue has lost a lot of money over the past year, and the President knows that it is most unlikely that we will, in fact, engage anyone to…
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Price Gouging
How does Jewish law approach the issue of price gouging? Thank you for your question. Jewish law has a concept called Ona’ah, which basically means taking financial advantage of your customer. If someone engages in a transaction with you, they…
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Debt
Is it against G-d to have a debt? It certainly isn’t against G-d to have debt. However it is against G-d to have debt that you don’t pay off. Rabbi Meir Goldberg
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Taking Steroids
Let’s say that everybody participating in a sport takes steroids (which are illegal), would this be considered cheating? Or would this be allowed since it would still be an even playing field? Let’s say somebody would take steroids, but a…
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Going to Jewish Courts
How do we know that Jews should be judged in Jewish courts on matters related to Jewish law? The requirement to go to Jewish courts can be derived from Deut.17:8-11.
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Slavery in the Bible
Why does the Bible recognize slavery? Slavery was a universal thing until a few hundred years ago. The Bible assumes it because it existed when the Bible was written, but slaves were always very well-treated in Jewish society, and in…