Commodity loans • Permitted pseudo-interest loans between Torah scholars • Pseudo-interest loans between family members can lead to usury • One may not pay interest even with mere words • To avoid stumbling, witnesses and documentation of a loa
May a lender enjoy an undermarket lease granted by the borrower? • A secured loan gives the lender the status of Bar Metzra, with the first right of refusal upon sale of the collateral • A passive investor with security on the principal must of
Prohibited forms of usury • Stealing money with noble intentions • Prohibited deceptive practices • You won't eat bugs and you'll be happy • Inherited usury • Your own life comes first
How is Chomesh, an additional charge for the owner's redemption of his second tithe, calculated; is it 20% or 25% of the principle value? • Assymetric bidding wars for redeeming consecrated assets • When can Chomesh be charged on a prior Chomes
The bill is coming, or is it? Rav Mordechai Elefant's formative experience • Strategies to remember your Creator in youth • The Steipler explains that by abandoning God, a person is engulfed in a spirit of impurity which leads him to embrace ou
Can one effect a barter transaction with money, or only engage in a sale transaction with money? • Transactions with grey market money • When can the transfer of money be utilized to effect a transaction without the purchaser also doing Meshich
Divine glory is strikingly manifest on earth through His wondrous salvation of His people in the merit of deep focused Torah study, integration of Torah enlightenment in our lives, and supporting Torah • By observing His wondrous protection of
Preventing harmful human strife takes priority over reducing animal distress • How should one prioritize the returning of objects lost by oneself, by one's rebbe, and by one's father? • What should one prioritize in Torah study? • The culpabili
Acquisitions of movable property through one's courtyard • When does a lost object picked up by one's son, daughter, slave, or wife become the property of the father, master, or husband?
A hero's compensation • A peaceful lion and Rav Safra's donkey • A failed hero's compensation • Standing up against bandits: How are the salvaged items divided? • A moser (informant) must pay for having caused his friend financial loss
When does one bring a guilt offering for having stolen? • What happens if the victim was a convert without heirs? • What happens if the Kohen stole from the convert without heirs?
Torah infuses the Israelite with ideal form, and its absence yields degeneracy • Racial substrate provides a constellation of qualities suited to fulfillment of purpose
How and when does Takanas HaShavim, an enactment for returnees, help a robber come clean? • Is a son obligated to honor his wicked parent? • In addition to returning the stolen sheep, must a robber return appreciation, such as wool? • What rest
Continuing in the path of Abraham, the father of a multitude of nations • The tragic genesis of exile towards fulfillment of our purpose • Maintaining a distinct identity among the nations requires powerfully delving into Torah
Can a Canaanite slave or convert testify? • If recognized as "your brother," why may we not appoint a slave or a convert as king? • If a woman transferred ownership of her dowry to her son and then predeceased her husband who enjoys lifetime us
The ten conditions of Joshua for inheritance of Israel • Within the annual cycle, what is unique about the day God chose to begin the Deluge? • Why is it not theft or damaging to defecate in a fellow Jew's yard nor a violation of Shabbos to tak
Are neutralized witnesses eligible for liabilities upon becoming vilified witnesses, or has their neutralization precluded further liability? • Are vilified witnesses required to compensate for money that their victim could have successfully gr