Tag: bava

If the deceased left no children, no descendants of his children, no father and no siblings, one looks further up the paternal family tree to see whether a grandfather survived him.

According to Rabbi Yosi, as long as one remains within the confines of one’s own property and one does not actively damage one’s neighbor’s property, one has the right to act as one wishes.

There is nothing illegal about looking at other people just as there is nothing illegal with talking about other people.

When it comes to the payment of debts, halacha, like other systems of law, struggles with two competing concerns.

The freedom to quit a job in the middle, like the exercise of all freedom, may need to be restrained to the extent that it hurts innocent people.

The length of the advance eviction notice required by the halacha depends on the season in which the eviction occurs and the location of the premises.

The loan portion of the capital is not at risk because, under the terms of the heter iska, Mamon will get it back whether the business prospers or fails.

Ribbit is defined in the Talmud as agar natar, which means any compensation, whether in money or in kind, a Jew receives from a fellow Jew for having to wait for payment.

In thirty-six different places the Torah warns us to be kind to people who have converted to Judaism.

The right to a refund or to the return of the purchase price or the item, as the case may be, is subject to a time limit.

What incentive does the seller have to salvage the object from fire if, at the end of the day, the loss is for the buyer?

Even in the Diaspora Jews need some Jewish judicial system for dealing with one another.

Consent, however, is an elastic phrase under Jewish law and can be stretched almost to breaking point.

All persons accused of murder were confined to the cities of refuge during their trial in the Sanhedrin.

When an illegal act incurs corporal punishment or lashes (malkot) and monetary liability, the rule of kam lei also applies.

Are all dogs inherently vicious? Is there such a thing as a tame dog?