HaRav Yishai Natan - Back when we had the egg shortage, eggs were selling for over $12 a dozen. One grocery store was having a sale for $8 a dozen, with a limit of two dozen per customer. I had already bought two dozen on the sale, but I wanted to stock up on more. My brother had just bought a few dozen eggs and said he was not planning on buying any more even with the sale. … [Read more...]

HaRav Yishai Natan - I went to the grocery store Thursday afternoon to shop for Shabbat. There was a large parking lot shared by several stores, and it was completely jam-packed. I drove around for a few minutes trying to find a parking spot. Finally, I went down one of the aisles just as someone was pulling out. I waited for him to leave the spot and then drove a little … [Read more...]

HaRav Yishai Natan - Last week, I lent my friend $2,000. I thought I was performing a great mitzvah by helping him when he needed money. However, when I told my brother what I had done, he said that it may have been closer to an averah than a mitzvah. He claimed that a person is not allowed to lend money without witnesses. I told him that I had never heard of such a rule. … [Read more...]

HaRav Yishai Natan - I was at the arcades yesterday with my eight-year-old son. We were waiting at a racing game for another little Jewish boy to finish playing. When he got up, we noticed that he had forgotten his play card on the machine. I knew it was his because I remembered seeing him place it on the machine before he sat down. I looked around to see if I could find … [Read more...]