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Business Halacha Daily is a program with daily 3-5 minute "nuggets" on the topic of the week. They are practical questions that come up related to that topic, with a dayan there to answer and explain the reasoning.

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    May a Katan Sell Daled Minim?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 3:25


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    Does The “Hefker-Koneh” Game Have Any Halachic Validity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 2:37


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    Can a Camp Withhold Payment from a Worker If His Father Owes Them Money?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 2:55


    Can a Camp Withhold Payment from a Worker If His Father Owes Them Money?Rav Baruch FriedQuestion: A bochur spent a summer working in a camp. At the end of the summer, he goes over to the director and asks for his pay. The director informs the boy that his father still owes the camp money, so he is withholding his paycheck to cover the balance, and he should feel free to ask his father to pay him directly. Can the camp do that?Answer: First of all, it is definitely not a good way to be mechanech.The camp's justification may be based on Shibudah d'Rebbi Nosson. The director could be saying we owe you money and your father owes us money, so you can get your payment from him. That is clearly wrong. Shibudah d'Rebbi Nosson means that if someone owes you money and that person doesn't have money to pay, the creditor can go to a person who owes the debtor money to collect from him instead. It does not mean that a debtor who does have money to pay can tell his creditor that he isn't going to pay him because someone else owes him money and he should go collect from that person instead.  If the camp's argument is that the son's wages actually belong to his father, that might be a better claim. There is a big machlokes amongst the Rishonim regarding whether a father has the right to the wages of his adult child who are being supported by him. The Rema rules that he does. Accordingly, the camp may claim that since the son's wages really belong to his father, and his father owes the camp money, they are keeping those wages as payment for the money they are owed. The counterclaim to that would be that the father's right to the son's wages is not a din d'ohraysa. Rather, it is a takanas chochomim that was put in place to prevent eivah, i.e. if the father is supporting his son, and the son is making money and keeping it for himself, this could lead to enmity from the father towards the son. Therefore, the chochomim decreed that the son's earnings can be claimed by the father.  Since this is a takanas chochomim for the father's benefit, so long as he is not interested in taking possession of the son's wages, they rightfully belong to the son. Thus, it would seem that the boy would have the right to take the camp to a din Torah to demand his paycheck. Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org 

    Can a Father Take His Son's Bar Mitzvah Gift Money to Pay for the Bar Mitzvah?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 2:48


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    Does a Child Worker Have to be Paid on Time?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 2:12


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    How Is Shlichus Different and Similar to Power-of-Attorney?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 5:01


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    Does Shlichus and Shutfus Need a Kinyan? 

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 5:19


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    What is a Shtar Harsha'ah and When is it Necessary?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 4:31


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    Does a Power-of-Attorney Have The Same Power as a Harsha'ah? 

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 4:03


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    If an Item is Sent in Error, Does it Belong to the Shliach or The Meshalayach? 

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2026 4:11


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    Do Employees Have to Hand Over Tips to Their Employer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 4:09


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    If a Service Provider Offers a Discount, Is The Shliach or Meshalayach Entitled to The Extra Money?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 5:50


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    Does the Shaliach Need To Prove That He Changed His Mind Before The Purchase?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2026 4:50


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    If an Agent Decided to Buy the Item For Himself, to Whom Does the Item Belong?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 4:23


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    Can A Seller Insist That The Customer Needs To Request A Refund From The Original Seller Rather Than Himself?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2026 5:01


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    If A Worker Purchases A Different Item Than The Owner Intended To Buy, Is He Liable?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 4:37


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    Is a Shlichus Valid if the Shliach Does Not Follow The Instructions He Was Given?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 3:52


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    Can Someone Back Out of a Deal If an Invalid Shliach Was Used?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2026 5:02


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    If Someone Asks His Friend to Make a Purchase for Him, Is He Permitted to Back Out After The Purchase is Made?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 3:51


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    May a Parent Favor One Son Over the Others in His Will?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 3:59


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    Do Children Have to Obey Parents' Wishes for their Estate When There Is No Will?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 4:30


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    How Can One Draft a Will That is Binding Legally and According to Halacha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 3:48


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    What Do We Do When Secular Law Diverges from Halacha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 2:42


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    Is a Secular Will Valid According to Halacha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 2:25


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    Can a Community Enact Rules That Diverge from Seder Hayerusha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026 4:17


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    Can Daughters Demand Compensation in Exchange for Signing Away Their Legal Right to a Share in a Yerusha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 3:01


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    May One Structure a Contract That Goes Against the Halachos of Yerusha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 3:38


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    May One Choose Not to Bequeath his Estate to His Halachic Heirs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 2:44


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    Can One Transfer Part of His Yerusha Away From the Halachic Heirs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 3:21


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    May One Give a Portion of His Yerusha to Tzedakah?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2025 3:34


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    May One Give His Daughters a Portion of His Will?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 4:13


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    How is a Life Insurance Policy Divided According to the Laws of Yerusha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2025 2:48


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    How Are Investments Divided Among Yorshim ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 4:10


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    How Are Parents' Assets Divided When There Is a First-Born Son?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 2:58


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    What is the Halachic Order of Inheritance?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 2:41


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    Are Anti-Eviction Laws Binding in Halacha?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 3:48


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    If a Landlord Overcharges a Tenant, Is It a Problem of Onaah?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 5:14


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    If a Tenant Subleases an Apartment, Can He Keep the Profit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 3:33


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    Is a Tenant Permitted to Sublease an Apartment?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 2:28


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    Once a Lease Is Up, Can Either Side Always End the Rental Arrangement?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 5:08


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    If a Store Closes, Does the Rent Still Have to be Paid Until the End of the Lease?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2025 4:20


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    Can a Tenant Move Out in the Middle of a Lease if He Finds a Replacement?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 3:43


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    Can a Landlord Ever Evict a Tenant in the Middle of a Lease?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 3:46


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    What Does a Tenant Owe If He Backs Out of Renting an Apartment Without Signing a Contract?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 3:44


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    What is the Halachic Function of a Written Lease?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 2:06


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    Is a Shomer Liable if He Forgets Where He Hid an Item For Safekeeping?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2025 4:01


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    Is Placing Cash in a Jacket Pocket Considered a Good Shemirah?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 4:40


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    If Someone Borrows an Item From a Worker in His Home, Is He Liable If He Damages It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 3:50


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    May a Shomer Take The Same Risks With Property in his care That He Would Take With His Own Property?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 4:05


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    If a Caterer Borrows Flatware, Is He Responsible to Replace The Pieces That Get Lost?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 5:24


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    If Someone Disobeys Instructions When Renting a Car, Is He Liable For All Eventualities?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 5:19


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