Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 30, Naso

June 7, 2025; 11 Sivan, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

Rabbi Akiva Eiger ZT”L (1761- 1837), who served as Chief Rabbi of Posen, was one of the most respected Talmudic scholars of his generation. His commentaries on the Talmud were studied throughout Europe and continue to be studied today.

Once, after his annotations had been printed and distributed in a new edition of the Talmud, Rabbi Eiger discovered that he had made an error in one of his Talmudic comments. Even though the new editions of the Talmud had already been bound and sold, making corrections extremely difficult and costly, Rabbi Eiger insisted on fixing his mistake...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 28, Behar-Bechukosai,

May 24, 2025; 26 Sivan, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

"When you sell property to your neighbor, or buy from the hand of your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another." (Vayikra 25:14)

The Ramban (Nachmanides) explains that when the Torah says not to “wrong one another,” it is referring to the prohibition of "Ona'ah" – overcharging one another – which is typically overcharging someone for a sixth or greater than the going market price. However, this prohibition applies specifically to the buying and selling of movable objects (Metaltilin). It does not apply to the purchase and sale of real estate such as fields or houses (Karkahos)...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 29, Bamidbar

May 31, 2025; 4 Sivan, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

One cold winter evening, Rav Yisroel Salanter ZT”L was staying at an inn in Vilna. The innkeeper, not recognizing the famous rabbi, had gone to sleep, leaving him alone in the common room. While studying Torah by candlelight late into the night, Rav Salanter noticed that he needed more light. There was a large candle belonging to the innkeeper nearby, and many other people would have had no qualms using it without the owner’s permission. Indeed, the Shulchan Aruch rules that regarding a Davar Mu'at (a small matter), one may assume that people would not care if their item was used without permission. However, Rav Salanter would not use the candle...

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