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Question Vayera
Interest on loans
Investment money that was lost – is it permitted to return the principal?
Interest on loans
Receiving Shares from the Bank
Interest on loans
Debt to an elevator company that generated interest – is it permitted to pay
Interest on loans
Does taking an additional loan conditioned on repayment of a previous loan constitute interest
Different objects
A lost item that no one claims
Trade and commerce
Bypassing a broker who advertised an apartment
Inadvertent damages
Dryer in a yeshiva that burned clothes
Tzedakah and Maaser
Calculating maaser for parents’ commitment to pay apartment rent
Owner of the business that caused damage
A professional who caused damage: is he liable for compensation, and may the rented item be withheld until he pays
Damages
A partner who was negligent with shared property – is he obligated to pay his share?
Trade and commerce
Obtaining architectural plans while bypassing the seller
Funeral and Burial
Brother
Conversion to Judaism
Converting into judaism
Hagomel
Birkat HaGomel after cardiac catheterization
