Questions Regarding Payment with a Rav-Kav
Question
Hello Rabbi, I have several questions regarding payment with a Rav-Kav and bus travel:
1. I have a Rav-Kav with a student profile, which grants a discount of one third off the price, but the card was lost. In the meantime, may I use a Rav-Kav with a youth profile? If not, may I pay for some of the rides at the adult fare and some at the youth fare, so that in total I will pay approximately the amount I would have been obligated to pay?
2. In a case of necessity, for example when one is very far from home, has no Rav-Kav, and has no possibility of paying someone else to validate a ride for me — is it permissible to get on the bus and pay another time?
3. An inspector got on the bus, and a girl who had not paid asked me for my Rav-Kav. She told the inspector that she had paid with it for two rides, for herself and for me, and when he saw that only one ride had been validated, she claimed that the second payment had not gone through. Was I permitted to cooperate with her and give her my Rav-Kav?
4. When one is on a full and crowded bus, is it permissible to wait until a bit of space opens up and only then validate the ride, even though the company requires validating immediately upon boarding the bus?
5. If I got on the bus and discovered that the money on the Rav-Kav had run out, am I obligated to get off the bus, or is it possible to pay another time?
Thank you very much.
1. I have a Rav-Kav with a student profile, which grants a discount of one third off the price, but the card was lost. In the meantime, may I use a Rav-Kav with a youth profile? If not, may I pay for some of the rides at the adult fare and some at the youth fare, so that in total I will pay approximately the amount I would have been obligated to pay?
2. In a case of necessity, for example when one is very far from home, has no Rav-Kav, and has no possibility of paying someone else to validate a ride for me — is it permissible to get on the bus and pay another time?
3. An inspector got on the bus, and a girl who had not paid asked me for my Rav-Kav. She told the inspector that she had paid with it for two rides, for herself and for me, and when he saw that only one ride had been validated, she claimed that the second payment had not gone through. Was I permitted to cooperate with her and give her my Rav-Kav?
4. When one is on a full and crowded bus, is it permissible to wait until a bit of space opens up and only then validate the ride, even though the company requires validating immediately upon boarding the bus?
5. If I got on the bus and discovered that the money on the Rav-Kav had run out, am I obligated to get off the bus, or is it possible to pay another time?
Thank you very much.
Answer
Hello and blessings
1. It is permitted.
2. Only if the driver agrees.
3. It is permitted.
4. It is permitted.
5. One must ask the driver.
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