Payment to a Broker Who Brought the Matchmaker

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Question

A man from abroad who had a divorced daughter, every time he came to the country, he traveled with a regular driver. The driver arranged on his own for this man to travel with him in the car along with the head of a kollel who knows many people and might be able to find her a match. Indeed, this head of the kollel matched her with one of his students. The matchmaker is, of course, the head of the kollel, and he received the money, but the driver claimed that he also deserves a share because he arranged the meeting between the daughter's father and the matchmaker.

Answer

Since this does not fall under matchmaking for which money is taken, and since he did not agree in advance that he wanted compensation, he does not need to be paid.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, Siman 185 and 264, Siftei Kohen 191

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