Weekly Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 30

February 10, 2022; Adar(1) 9, 5782

Halacha – Jewish Law What To Do If Your Boss Inflates Your Billable Hours

Question: Am I responsible if my boss bills my time for hours that I have not worked?

Rabbi Belsky ZT’L responds: Ideally, you should be double-checking what the boss does to see that he doesn’t inflate the hours that you have worked. You are responsible for watching the honesty of the people who are around you. However, this has its limits. When it comes to your boss, if you start double-checking every one of his actions, you are undertaking a course of action that is admirable, but may annoy him and be counterproductive...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 29

February 3, 2022; Adar(1) 2, 5782

Halacha – Jewish Law When It Is Not Permitted to Lie

The exceptions to the general rule of being honest are few, and are clearly defined in Halacha*. In all other cases, we are required to adhere to the truth in the most basic sense and state the facts as they appear. Even when we are permitted to bend the truth we are limited by certain constraints...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 28

January 27, 2022; Shevat 25, 5782

Halacha – Jewish Law Lying To Save Someone from Embarrassment

We are permitted to lie to save another person from embarrassment. For example, we may admit to something we did not do in order to take the blame for another person, or at least imply that we too were involved in the misdeed if it minimizes the embarrassment of those who are actually guilty...

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