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A must-have title for managing your day-to-day monetary matters. Whether you’re an employer or employee, consumer or merchant, tenant or landlord, broker or dealer, this book is for you!
by Rabbi Ari Marburger
- Are late fees a prohibited form of interest (ribbis)?
- You’ve been summoned to a din Torah. What are your rights? What should you know?
- You’ve agreed to a deal, but the contract still isn’t signed. May one of the parties still back out?
- You competitor has a great employee. Are you allowed to try to hire him away?
- What does Jewish law consider acceptable grounds for evicting a tenant?
- What protection does an employee have against being fired?
These are just some of the practical issues dealt with in Rabbi Ari Marburger’s Business Halachah.
For most people, the Shulchan Aruch’s many laws for proper conduct in commerce are little known, or – at best – frequently misunderstood. In reality they apply in a host of situations people confront each day. And these laws are as significant as the laws of Shabbos and kashruth. This book makes these the often-complex rules easy to understand and applies them to everyday scenarios.
Business Halachah
Sales, financing and real estate transactions
Torah Judaism, while founded on matters of faith, equally encompasses very complex matters of business. That is profoundly illustrated in those sections of the Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law) which carefully scrutinize all manner of business relationships and transactions.
This important book emerges at a critical time for Jews involved in today's business climate. As many people in our extended community derive their living from sales, financing, and real estate, the relevance of these Torah laws for business dealings is acute. Fairness is the watchword in all considerations, whether it is protecting parties from damages, negligence, and failures or structuring clear and binding agreements, whether written or verbal. Machlokes (dispute) is to be assiduously avoided.
In the words of the author, Rabbi Ari Marburger, who is himself a dayan (rabbinic judge):
"The laws of Choshen Mishpat, behavior appropriate to the marketplace, remain a mystery to the typical layman. People tend to view these... as relevant only in the context of a Din Torah... Shulcahn Aruch sets the rules of behavior that business people should follow to avoid disputes."
While many today understand and carefully practice the laws governing chesed (kindness), tzedakah (charity), and lashon hora (not speaking ill of others), the details and applications of tzedek (justice) have been dimly understood. This timely book was written to clarify and correct this imbalance, in the hope of ensuring eternal as well as temporal profits for all.
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