Kollel Schedule, Car Travel Cost
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Question
Shalom u-vracha!
A. I learn in a kollel that is very, very strict about keeping the schedule. For every minute that we are late, he deducts money from us. But Mincha and Ma'ariv, which are at the end of the sedarim, always finish a few minutes after the set time. The question is: may I count the time that the prayers end late as kollel time? (For example, if they finished 3 minutes late, may I write that I arrived at the kollel 3 minutes earlier)?
B. If someone asks me to do him a certain favor, and he tells me: “Take a car and I’ll pay you whatever it costs.” And I want to earn the cost of the car, so I will make the effort and do it without a car, and then ask him for the cost of the car. Is this permitted? Thank you in advance.
Answer
Shalom u-vracha
A. It is not permitted. [The kollel’s intention is that they should arrive on time, and not that the avrechim simply be present a certain total number of hours].
B. It is not permitted. [The intention of the one sending you is to pay for the expenses incurred for the service, and not to give you monetary profit], unless you explicitly inform the sender.
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