Questions tagged [real-estate]
For questions regarding land.
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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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Where did the Jews live at the time of Joshua before their portion was conquered?
We know that Joshua divided up the Land of Israel before it was actually completely conquered. So where did the Jews live while their apportioned heritage was held by the Canaanite nations?
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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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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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Liability for bed bugs
If one tenant in an apartment brings in bed-bugs (and that can be proven), and they spread throughout the building, and the other tenants have to vacate their apartments to be fumigated, or whatever ...
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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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Selling land to Gentile to build Church
In YD Siman 151 it discusses the things that one is allowed and not allowed to sell to a gentile (for reasons that they might be used for Avodah Zara -- idol worship). I didn't see the following ...
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Saving Parking Spots
Reuven calls Shimon to ask if Shimon may stand inside a parking spot and reserve it until Reuven gets there in five minutes. While standing there, Levi pulls up and directs Shimon to vacate the spot ...
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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 is the halachic status of things in outer space?
Is everything in outer space hefker? For example if a private person lands on the moon or an asteroid can he be koneh it? Do you retain the rights to something that you send into space?
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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 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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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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Sukkah on public property in the Soviet Union for Lubavitchers
The opinion of the Shulchan Aruch Harav is that one isn't allowed to build a Sukkah on public property (because it is considered stolen).
In the Soviet Union all property was nationalized and they ...
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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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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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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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Reasons for allowing התר מכירה in this day and age
Here is the concluding paragraph from an article from Torah L'Daat (red volume, BeHar 'בענין אם יש קנין לנכרי בארץ ישראל להפקיע קדושת שביעית') that discusses the halachic boundaries of whether non-...
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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 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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status of owned land after Moshiach comes
what will be the status of owned property in Israel when Moshiach comes.
Will a person's apartment remain his? or perhaps the land will be redivided.
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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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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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Insurance against משיח
According to this rather amusing blog post, there is apparently a common clause in rental contracts in Jerusalem, called the Messiah clause, in which, when a landlord outside of Israel rents out a ...
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Understanding Naomi selling a field
In Rus 4:3 Boaz says
And he said to the near kinsman, "Naomi, who has returned from the field of Moab, is selling the portion of the field that belonged to our brother, to Elimelech.
How does Boaz ...
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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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Selling a house to a non Jew
Notwithstanding anti discrimination laws which may disallow a seller to only sell to other Jews exclusively. Suppose a Jewish fellow - living outside of Eretz Yisroel - lives on a block which is ...
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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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“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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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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How is one allowed to live in Israel?
When Yehoshua came to Israel, he conquered it and divided it among the Jews. This land belongs to them and their descendants.
When the Jews were exiled many years later and came back (by the 2nd Beis ...
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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 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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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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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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Rosh's view on a yard near a roof: do both pay for 10 tefach?
The Bavli, Bava Basra 6:2, discusses the case that someone's rooftop is adjacent to another person's courtyard floor, and then the case where the rooftop is actually lower (but not much lower) than ...
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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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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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What is the inheritance of the righteous gentiles in olam-ha-ba?
In olam-ha-ba (the world to come) if righteous jews inherit the land of Israel and if the righteous gentiles shall rule with the righteous Yehudim
in olam-ha-ba (the messianic age) do the righteous ...
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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.
However,...
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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 ...
