Debt Settlement in Halacha By Dayan Baruch Meir Levine We all take on too much. Often customers invest in their businesses with the hope that they will be able to advance only to find that the specific venture was not profitable and they are left with a pile of bills.   Let us take the example of a customer who had fallen on hard times and had outstanding bills to the … [Read more...]

The Halachic Background of the Immigration Controversy By Dayan Yitzhak Grossman; Dayan, Bet HaVaad Halacha Center   With the recent Democratic takeover of Congress, the immigration controversy is once again heading toward a boil. While it is obviously impossible to find directly controlling precedents in the Halachic literature to such a complex and multifaceted … [Read more...]

By Rabbi Tzvi Price   There is no way out of it. For better or for worse, correctly or incorrectly, Jews have always been associated with wealth. In truth, Judaism and wealth go back a long way. The first Jew, Avraham Avinu, was fabulously wealthy. As the Pasuk states (Bereshit 13,2): “And Avram was very heavy with livestock, silver and gold.” In this week’s … [Read more...]

By Dayan Shlomo Cohen The US Government recently publicized efforts it is taking to facilitate the return of a painting stolen by the Nazis in WWII to its original Jewish heirs. Over the years, the US Senate has attempted to pass laws making it easier for the victims of plundering by the Nazi's to regain their stolen property, and this raises a fundamental question for Batei … [Read more...]

In the United States, schools and yeshivas benefit from the government’s largesse in numerous ways. When public officials pay official visits to our institutions, it is common to reciprocate by presenting them with some token of appreciation and gratitude, as a form of common courtesy. There have been instances in which communal leaders chose to present non-Jewish public … [Read more...]