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Who is responsible for exterminating cockroaches in house - tenant or landlord?
According to the Rabbi answering same question this site, if there are no specifications in the rental agreement then it depends:
If the house is uninhabitable due to the roaches, then the landlord ...
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"Karka Einah Nigzeles" (land can't be stolen) - really?
The gemara in Bava Kamma 117b brings a machlokes between R' Elazar and the Sages.
If someone steals (gozel) a field, what happens if the field is then flooded? R' Elazar holds that the thief must ...
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Must One Remove the Mezuzot from a House Rented to Gentiles?
See Bava Metziah 102a and Shulchan Aruch Hilchos Mezuzah 291:2 that when renting a house to a gentile one removes the mezuzos.
Later authorities debate if this is merely an allowance since the ...
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If a renter is leaving their apartment and does not know who will be renting it after they leave, can they take their mezuzot?
You clarified in comments that you live in an area with Jews but not predominantly so.
R Yirmiyohu Kaganoff deals with your question here (see section "You can take it with you")
[...] the ...
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How early can I take down my mezuzos before a move?
R Eliyahu Yaniger, a sofer at mezuzah.net (question 78) writes
Your mezuzot should remain in the house as long as you are living
there. Ownership is not what matters, but whether you are actually
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