Questions tagged [real-estate]
For questions regarding land.
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May landlords evict tenants for late payment
According to Halacha, if there is a contract between a tenant and landlord where the tenant will live in the property for however long (for example one year) and the payment will be distributed over ...
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Is the obligation of parapet on the owner of resident
According to Halacha, is the mitzvah for Jews to establish a parapet on certain types of roofs an obligation on the resident or owner of the property? Is it the same din as a mezuzah?
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Property Inspections on Shabbos
Hypothetically, if a Jew wanted to sell his home. Would the real estate agent be able to organise property inspections on Saturday?
Notes: The Jew would not be contacted during Shabbos. The Jew would ...
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Was Shomron, the capital of North Israel, supposed to revert to its ancestral owners in Yovel?
I Kings 16:24 has a king of North Israel buying some empty-ish land and building a new city on it to serve as the capital.
If I understand the laws of Yovel ("jubilee year") correctly, then ...
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Are these bicycles hefker?
I work on a University campus. Adjacent to my building is a bicycle rack, to which several bikes have been locked since the start of the academic year (end of August). It's clear that these bikes have ...
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Is there a source for owning property in Israel means keeping 1 day yom tov
People have said, and I have seen mentioned on this site that owning land/property/apartment in Israel is enough on its own to keep 1 day when in Israel. Is there a source for this? A shita that the ...
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Mezuzahs on home in probate
If a Jewish person passes away intestate. Do the most probable heirs have an obligation to put up mezuzahs while the home is in probate?
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Were tithes paid on mortgaged land?
according to the law God commanded the Israelis to bring tithes of the land.
Deuteronomy 14:22 KJV
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year
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What is called a 'Building of Joy' nowadays?
Megillah 5b discusses things that Rebbe did. One of the things that Rebbe was seen doing was planting on Purim; the Gemara retorts that this is surely not allowed as planting is work, which is not ...
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Keeping real estate in Israel
When the World to Come is in full effect (messianic age, beis hamikdash, resurrection of dead), will current real estate owners in Israe need to relinquish their rights to the property for it to be ...
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How is Dina d’malkhuta transferred from one nation/state/malkutha to another?
How is Dina d’malkhuta transferred from one nation/state/malkutha to another?
Does land enter a state where it has no malkhuta or does it go directly from one malkhuta to another?
If a nation has an ...
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Why didn't our forefathers buy land in the Holy land?
Our forefathers were freakishly rich, but they didn't invest in real estate in the Holy Land for their descendants besides two graveyards (for Sarah in Hebron and Yossef in Shechem).
It appears that ...
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When selling a house, what pieces of furniture go with it?
Based on Baba Batrah 65-67, what are the opinions in the contemporary Halacha about what pieces of furniture are considered "house" and what not, when one sells a house at a fixed price?
Is selling ...
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Measuring Levi's cities
The Torah says that the cities of Levi'im must have surrounding areas of either 2000 or 3000 Amahs. However, I didn't see how those cities' sizes were determined in the first place.
How Levi tribe (...
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How the tribes' borders were determined?
IIRC, the Lot (גורל) was used to match the areas with the tribes (B"B 122b):
אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן הָיָה מְלֻבָּשׁ בְּאוּרִים וְתֻמִּים
וְאוֹמֵר בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ אִם שֵׁבֶט פְּלוֹנִי עוֹלֶה
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Visiting/using a decommissioned ex-church
Visiting sites previously used for idol worship asks about visiting a historical site previously used for idolatry, and talks about ruins and the possibility of extant religious symbols. My question ...
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Apportioning the Holy Land by family
The Torah tells us how the Promised Land was apportioned by Tribe of Israel. But within each tribe, how was the land apportioned by family? On what basis? Anything in the Sources?
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What responsibility does a current tenant have to warn a prospective future tenant?
A tenant is leaving the property he had rented at the end of the contract period. The landlord has arranged for prospective future tenants to view the property, while the current tenant is still there....
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Did converts (ger tzedek) in ancient Israel own land? [duplicate]
Sources like Exodus 12:48,49 lead me to believe, that righteous converts/ proselytes(ger tzedek) became full-fledged citizens and members of the nation of Israel.
On the other hand, I know that the ...
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What difference does which kind of land you pay with make?
According to halacha, a damager must pay with the best land, a debtor must pay with middling land, and a person who owes a ketubah may pay with the worst land.
But I don't understand why it matters ...
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Shoveling snow on to the neighbor's lawn or the street
Reuven and Shim'on are neighbors. They haven't discussed this matter, and Shim'on isn't available to consult. When Reuven is shoveling snow off of his walk, may he throw it onto Shim'on's lawn? Assume ...
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Pharaoh's adjective change to Yosef
When Pharaoh first hears that Yosef's family is going to reunite, he offers them חלב הארץ, literally the fat of the land (Genesis 45:18). Rashi (ad. loc.) explains חלב means מיטב, the best. Onkelos (...
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Shipping a package to an empty house
Are there any sources in Halacha that would suggest shipping a package to a random house in my neighborhood that no one lives in and taking the package is a sin? (The house is for sale, also you ...
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Who owns the air above a balcony (to build a Succah)?
Contemporary buildings in Jerusalem for Haredim are built in such a manner, that the balcony of the first floor extends to, say, 20 feet, 2nd floor 17 feet, 3rd floor 14 etc, so each one has 3 feet of ...
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May someone cordon of an area of a public place for his own use and not let others come within that area
May someone cordon of an area of a public place for his own use and not let others come within that area.
1- May one make a show performance etc. in a public place and only allow people who pay to ...
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Are there special Halachos for homeowners?
As people progress through life, they hope to reach many milestones. They (in no particular order) become an adult, get married, get a job, have kids, etc. As an Orthodox Jew, we're aware that each ...
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Can one sell his BAR-METZRA rights to a non-neighbor?
Can one sell his BAR_METZRA rights to a non-neighbor?
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Can someone make a neder [vow] not to have any benefit from the area near the exit of someone else's house while he is in that house?
If a person invites someone into his house, and the invitee makes a neder [vow] not to have any benefit [ מודר הנאה] from any area near an exit of his host's house, Is the neder valid. If so, can he ...
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Field owned by nobody?
I feel like I should have seen this discussed somewhere, but I have no memory of it.
If someone dies with no sons and his daughters inherit his fields, one of the daughters marries a convert, and ...
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Can one be allowed to use a house for free because he is able to use that house for free?
As per Bava Kama 20a, a squatter who does not benefit from a property, where the owner does not lose anything from the squatting, need not pay rent. Rashi explains there that the squatter is not ...
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"Kofin al midas Sedom" - what are the parameters of this concept?
The gemara in Bava Basra 12 discusses the splitting of a field in an equitable manner such that one of the individuals receives an additional personal benefit due to some external circumstance (having ...
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What if a Levite acquired property?
In Biblical times, the tribe of Levi owned no land. There were other provisions for their upkeep.
What if a Levite man married a non-levite woman who owned property. Or what if a Levite man made a ...
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Why not stipulate that Machpela would be a burial site? (N'tziv)
Genesis 23 describes Avraham's purchase of a burial site from Efron the Hittite. The way Haamek Davar explains it — if I understand his commentary to verse 20 correctly — the transaction ...
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How early can I take down my mezuzos before a move?
Suppose a Jew will be vacating an apartment or other property rented from a gentile. In such a case, he is permitted to take down his mezuzos before leaving. How long before actually moving out may he ...
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Can you acquire land merely by using it?
The mishna in Kiddushin 26a talks about how one acquires property. It considers two cases, property that can be used for security (collateral) and property that can't. Land is in the first category.
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What recourse is available for someone whose property was seized by a creditor of the seller?
Let's say Reuven owes Shimon $1000 (because of a loan). Reuven then sells his only piece of land (that happens to be worth $1000) to Levi. This land in Levi's possession is now considered a נכס משעובד ...
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What are the Judean boundaries with regard to contemporary landmarks?
What are the halachic boundaries of Judea (the inheritance of the Israelite tribe of Judah) with regard to contemporary landmarks/cities?
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Must one inform the owner if you damaged and repaired the property?
If you, say, damage the fence of a house, and you repair the damage, are you obligated to inform the owner of the fence of what occurred? Or must you inform your landlord for damages you caused and ...
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Prophesy in the book of Ezekiel
There is a prophesy at the end of the book of the prophet Ezekiel which gives a guide regarding the re-division of land between the 12 tribes of Israel. It is different to the way that Joshua was told ...
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Selling fraudulent goods in the Rova
I was walking in the Rova (Jewish Quarter of the Old City) today after Shacharit and I noticed something which I found to be quite disconcerting. There is a Messianic "Jewish" store selling "...
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Is taking control of land by a Jew in Israel a sin if it was not controlled by him before?
According to Halacha, is it a sin for a Jew to take control over some land in Eretz Yisrael when this land was taken against the will of its previous controller (regardless of whether it was occupied ...
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Can you say "Shehachiyanu" on a mortgage "burning"?
In the U.S., there is a custom to burn the mortgage paper after the last mortgage payment has been made. Should one say Shehechiyanu on the event of now officially owning his home?
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How did kinyan ketzatzah work?
The gemarah in Yerushalmi Kiddushin 1:5 discusses a kinyan ketzatzah whereby to acquire a field (and possibly to marry a woman?) after a sale a barrel of treats was broken and the children would ...
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Halachically, do Israeli citizens own their land?
According to Israeli law, the government owns nearly all of the land, except for some privately owned land from Mandatory periods. Citizens get to rent it from the government. This is commonly known ...
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Can a Ger Toshav own land in Eretz Yisrael?
Once the ger toshav becomes accepted when the Yovel/Jubilee year is in effect, can the ger toshav own land in Eretz Yisrael?
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Questions about the fence dividing a subdivided field
Mishna Bava Basra 7:4 says:
האומר לחברו חצי שדי אני מוכר לך--משמין ביניהם, ונוטל חצי שדהו. חצייה בדרום אני מוכר לך--משמין ביניהם, ונוטל חצייה בדרום. ומקבל עליו מקום גדר, וחריץ ובן חריץ. וכמה הוא ...
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Trespassing on Public Parks
If a state or federal park is closed, is it against halacha to go there anyway (if you are not damaging the property)?
(Thoughts: I would assume it is g'neiva because it is not my property.
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When Moshiach arrives, will each individual Jewish person have their own personal allotment of land?
In Joshua chapter 13, the allotment for each of the 12 tribes of Israel are given. My question, is when G-d dwells from Jerusalem (Jeremiah 33:17-18), and establishes his chosen king, Moshiach (...
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What are customs for eruv chatzerot in apartment buildings that also have gentiles as tenants
Eruv chatzeirois:
I.e. 2 buildings with the same owner, and all Jews want to carry into the common (for both buildings) enclosed courtyard on Shabos
There are also non-Jewish tenants
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How do I understand Bava Metzia 1:6?
In the mishna B"M 1:6, it talks about finding a loan document with a lien on real property ("achrayus"), and not returning it, because we are afraid that the borrower and the lender are in cahoots to ...