Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. My question deals with what extent halacha requires that we be concerned with the potential to injure others in an indirect way. Example… Read more »

Question: Hi, if I encouraged someone who generally wouldn’t have parked by a fire hydrant, to park by telling them I always park by this pump etc, thereby causing her… Read more »

Question: A Jewish mechanic repaired my car with a new brake part. it was faulty, and as a result, the vehicle went through several repairs. Do I have a right… Read more »

Question: There is a large family in our neighbourhood who we are friendly with. About 4 months ago, our daughter was leading a day camp with one of their daughters… Read more »

Question: Hello Rabbi, If, in a store, I drop a book from its bookshelf, do I have to pay for it ? What should I do if I can’t tell… Read more »

Question: I heard that physical abuse can be considered גרמי to require an abuser to pay for therapy and the like. I am having a hard time finding מראה מקומות… Read more »

Question: I was at a restaurant and took the spice dispenser provided by them to put hot pepper on my dish. The cover was loose and as I tried to… Read more »

Question: Would it be possible to ask the Rov`s opinion on the following: A Rebbe who confiscates an item from his talmid (as it was distracting him and / or… Read more »

Question: My son (age 13) has been doing lawn work for some of our neighbors for pay. He had put his trimmer at the end of a neighbor’s driveway while… Read more »

Question: I borrowed a sweater and while I was using it it became ruined. The value of the sweater when it was new was $32 but it was somewhat used… Read more »

Question: While shopping, I picked up a bag of a few heads of lettuce to look at it, and it fell out of my hands and hit the display surface… Read more »

Question: I was ambushed due to my neighbor’s huge bush near the sidewalk. My elbow was injured, my head was hit, and I had valuables stolen. They knocked me down… Read more »

Question: Leaves from a tree on my porch flew into my neighbors porch and stuffed their drain. Am I liable for damages? Answer: Answer from Horav Y. Fleishman ahlit”a Were… Read more »

Question: From the Torah Musings site(https://www.torahmusings.com/2011/05/sefarim-part-i-of-ii/), on footnote #20 he writes: One who borrows a sefer and ruins it or wears it out due only to extensive usage is exempt… Read more »

Question: I rented an apartment with clear stipulation that I was allowed to use everything. On my last day there I used a stick/ immersion blender. It worked ok but… Read more »

Question: We live in Israel. We bought an apt many years ago that had an aravos tree there in the chatzer (planted by a previous owner). The chatzer is only… Read more »

Question: Someone broke the sink in my bathroom. I will need a plumber to reinstall a new sink. Can I charge the person who broke it for the labor costs?… Read more »

Question: If someone goes shopping in a mall and doesn’t return the shopping cart and on a windy day (not a Ruach Sheina Metzuya) the shopping cart damages someone’s car…. Read more »

Question: A yeshiva employs an Arab cleaner who used bleach in a way that damaged clothing of bochrim. Is the yeshiva responsible to pay? If so, how much- current value… Read more »

Question: A boy damaged yeshiva’s property by writing with a marker on something that belonged to yeshiva. He told yeshiva’s administrator what he did and said he would pay. Several… Read more »

Question: A NEIGHBOR’S TREE GROWS ONTO YOUR HOUSE AND DOES DAMAGE. IS HE RESPONSIBLE ? Answer: Please see the following post, where a similar question was answered. http://dinonline.org/2017/06/28/neighbors-tree/ Best Wishes

Question: Hello, One of my students asked me this question, and I’m having a hard time finding a definitive answer. In a case where someone digs a pit that is… Read more »

Question: Let’s say I got a scratch on my parent’s car. Do I have to tell it to them if it’s not noticeable or it falls under the category of… Read more »

Question: I was a guest at someone’s house for Shabbat. I was playing with the wine opener while it was on the table, opened it fully and then it broke… Read more »

Question: If one walks by an object in a store in a non-careless way, but since the object was sticking out off the shelf, he knocked it over and damage… Read more »

Question: My neighbor has a big tree which he had brought with the house over ten years ago, previously i had cut branches off already to be able to have… Read more »

Question: A Jew(1) wants us angry at another Jew(2) and wants what they(2) own, so they(1) go to the gentile police with a fictional story that they(1) were attacked by… Read more »

Question: What is the halacha if I break your toy. I buy you the same toy as I broke but who keeps the “broken” toy? Thanks, Answer: The halacha is… Read more »