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Site Moving
Please note that this site is moving to a new server. As soon as I find out that the migration is complete, I’ll be disabling access to the old server, to prevent comments and other things from being posted to the old site. In case the DNS transfer takes a while, you’ll be able to […]
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Mechusar Amanah
Note: this post contains no original ideas, nor even any attempts at originality. Instead, it’s simply my way of making sense of a complicated issue. While we’ve seen the concept of מחוסר ××ž× ×” in the ×¤×•×¡×§×™× for two weeks already, yesterday was the first time we started looking into the גמר×. In brief, מחוסר ××ž× ×” […]
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Kinyan after Nesinah
Last Thursday, we learned through (well, most of the way through) a קצות החושן, as per the normal Thursday night schedule. I just saw the × ×ª×™×‘×•×ª’s response, and I admit, I’m a bit puzzled, and have a few questions (note: not that they’re good questions; odds are I’m misunderstanding something). The post below summarizes the […]
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Kinyan Hanaah
The טור, in 204:1, writes the following: וכתב הרמב”× ×–”ל ×בל ×× ×”×™×” לו חוב עליו ו×מר לו מכור לי בחוב שיש לי ×צלך ×•× ×ª×¨×¦×” המוכר הרי ×–×” כמי ×©× ×•×ª×Ÿ ×“×ž×™× ×¢×ª×” והחוזר בו עומד במי שפרע. ובקרקע ×›×™ ×”××™ ×’×•×•× × ×§×•× ×” לגמרי. ×בל ××“×•× ×™ ×בי הרהש ×–”ל כתב ×©×œ× ×§× ×” ×פילו המעות עדיין בעין […]
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Kinyan Kesef M’Derabanan
This will be the first in a (hopefully long) series of short notes about Choshen Mishpat. Our kehilla started a night program focusing on Choshen Mishpat today. I plan here to make some notes about things that strike me as interesting, confusing, or unclear. Hopefully, one day, this will develop into a place for chiddushim […]