Cases in monetary halachah: Contemporary issues and answers relating to the laws of Choshen mishpat for home, school and business = [Mishpet??e ... ... series) by Rabbi Tzvi Spitz

by Tsevi Ben Hayim Yits Shpits, Tzvi Spitz

You sat on someone’s glasses and broke them. Must you pay? You set a trap for a trespasser and caught him -- but he was injured. Are you responsible? Someone spoke a shidduch for you, and you are engaged! Mazel tov! How much must you pay the shadchan? Your latecoming friend asks you to save him a seat at a lecture. Are you allowed to? These are just a small sample of the everyday, practical questions that are answered in this Rabbi Tzvi Spitz, a dayan in Jerusalem. Well over a hundred such questions are discussed in this marvelously enlightening book. Rabbi Spitz is a great teacher as well as a judge. He poses the question, briefly gives the answer -- and then explains the Talmudic and Halachic reasoning behind the response. This book will give the reader a fascinating and enlightening primer in the field of monetary Halachah. The reader will not become a rabbinic judge, but he will become knowledgeable and will gain important insight into the intricate logic of Choshen Mishp

342 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001