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Shliach Mitzva money
Many people give their friends money to give to Tzedakah when they are traveling. The reason they do this is that it says "Shluchei Mitzva Ainom Nizakim". If someone is travelling to Eretz Yisroel ...
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How does paying a Mohel work?
I have heard - do not know the source - that a Mohel is not supposed to charge an official price - however you are supposed to pay him.
1: Is it true that a Mohel is not supposed to charge an ...
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Yissachar - Zevulin Torah business partnership
When you have a Yissachar Zevulin partnership does Zevulin have to give exactly half of what he earns to Yissachar? In addition suppose Yissachar misses a day does he have to reimburse Zevulin?
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What is the value of a (Kesuba) marriage contract?
In a regular Kesuba we give total 200 Zekukim Kesef. What is the value of that currently in US dollars? Also do you pay the value when you got married or the value at either death/divorce?
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Where can you get grants for children going to Yeshiva / Seminary in Eretz Yisroel?
Does anyone know where can you get grants for children going to Yeshiva / Seminary in Eretz Yisroel?
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Card Counting Permissibility
For what it is (if you haven't heard of it), see Card Counting (wikipedia)
Also assuming Gambling is not a problem in that scenario.
It's perfectly legal in the U.S. So would it be a problem in ...
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Settling debt with a credit card company
Is it Halachically sound to settle debt for less than owed with a credit card company?
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Does the existence of insurance affect end-of-life Halacha?
Consider the following case:
A baby is born with severe congenital defects. The doctors say that if nothing is done to address them, the baby will die within days. They also say that there's a series ...
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How do you get your money from your home tzedaka box to your favorite charity?
Okay now I have this tzedaka box sitting in my living room and it's full of coins and crumpled bills. How do I give that to my favorite charity? Or any charity?
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If you use money for kaparos pre-yom kipur, is it fungible or must those bills go directly to tzedaka?
When we do Kaparos, we say "this money shall go to charity" -- so I put that dollar bill in the tzedaka box; is it okay if a few days from now I count what's in my tzedaka box, write a check for the ...
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What is the role of government punishment in the teshuva (repentance) process?
If I understand it, according to Halacha, if Reuven steals $100 from Shimon, he has to first return the money (possibly plus another $100), apologize; then regret, confess, resolve, and abstain. If ...
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Wearing a kippa at work
If one has a job where his employer informs him that if he wears a kippa he will be fired, does he have to wear a kippa?
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driving non-hybrid cars
Is it assur (forbidden) to drive a non-hybrid vehicle if you can afford a hybrid vehicle?
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What does it cost to write one's own Sefer Torah - and how long would it take?
I'm wondering if anybody else has experience writing their own Sefer Torah, how long it took them and how much it cost.
It took me about 9 years and about $3,500 to write mine.
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Lottery on Shabbos
Is one allowed to buy a lottery ticket if the lottery will be held on shabbos? Is it a problem of possibly making money on shabbos even though his chances are slim?
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Will money fall from the sky if you pray for it?
If you daven for a parnasah and then just sit back will money come to you?
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Chamets on pesach [closed]
If a Ba'al T'shuva had chamets that was either very important to him, or had a big monitary value and had it in his possesion over pesach before he came back, is there a possible Heter for him so that ...
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Do our sources address “strategic loan defaults”?
In the most recent episode of NPR's Planet Money Podcast, they interviewed a real estate lawyer in Arizona who talked about the large numbers of her clients who have been asking for advice about doing ...
