Question: Hi, My son was recently riding his bike near a home goods store in our neighborhood and accidentally knocked down an item being displayed outside the store, breaking it…. Read more »
Category: Damages
Is short-term renter chayav to replace damaged appliance?
Question: I rented out my literally brand new apartment in Israel. The short-term renter used the residential kitchen as an effective catering hall to serve 60-70 people each meal and… Read more »
Liability in car collision
Question: Miss B employed Mr. A to find her a second hand car to buy and she paid Mr A 1500 NIS. Miss B bought the car that Mr A… Read more »
Car backed out of driveway and ran over my lawn trimmer – is car driver obligated to pay?
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 »
Damage to worn sweater
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 »
Dropped Lettuce in grocery Store
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 »
I was ambushed due to my neighbor’s huge bush near the sidewalk
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 »
Fallen leaves
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 »
What is considered “extensive usage” regarding damage to borrowed seforim?
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 »
Immersion blender
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 »
Repair of shared water pipe
Question: Shalom u’vracha, The description of the water pipe in question is as follows: 6 attached houses (each having three apartments) receive water from one main meter of Gihon in… Read more »
Value of lottery ticket
Question: If someone destroys a friends lottery ticket, is he liable to pay? Answer: Answer from Horav Y. Fleishman shlita. Yes-whatever they sell for. Meaning, that the person would… Read more »
tree causing damage with communal sewage pipes
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 »
causing damage erev Shabbos
Question: Halacha says that people who are running on erev Shabbos and they cause damage – they are exempt, because they had reshus to run at that time. A person… Read more »
Selling ticket and someone interfers
Question: My school is doing a raffle to raise money and they tell the bajurim to sell tickets and you get 5% of the value of the ticket you sold…. Read more »
Payment for Damage of broken sink
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 »
Damage caused by shopping cart
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 »
responsiblity of employer for damage done by non-Jewish worker
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 »
Reported damage and then fixed it
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 »
PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT
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
took back loan early
Question: This is a theoretical question. Someone lent a friend a sum of money for 5 years, interest-free. After one year the person grabbed his money back as he needed… Read more »
A question about filling in a 10-tefach pit part-way
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 »
Damaged a goy’s car
Question: 1) If someone damaged a goy’s (gentile) car, must he pay? 2) In this case, the goy was Ethiopian and did not understand English. I am not sure if… Read more »
I got a scratch on my parents car. Do I have to tell it to them if it’s not noticeable
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 »
Accidently broke wine opener
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 »
Damage caused to a product sticking out of shelf in store
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 »
Must I Report Rental Car Damage
Question: I rented a car, from a Jewish company in Israel, and I scratched it. Am I required to halacha to tell them that I damaged it? I ask because… Read more »
Cleaners ripped my suit
Question: I gave my suit to the cleaners to clean. They by mistake tore the pants and sewed it back up. It was a non-Jewish cleaners. Do they have to… Read more »
Neighbors tree
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 »
Child damaging a car
Question: A child was getting into a car parked beside mine and bumped the car door into my car, making a dent in my car, who is obligated to pay… Read more »
PAYMENT FOR CUTTING NEIGHBOR’S BRANCES OVERHANGING MY PROPERTY
Question: Who bears the cost of cutting my neighbor’s branches that overhang my property? Answer: Answer from Horav Y. Fleishman shlit”a The consensus opinion is that the person whose property… Read more »
Recovery of legal fees for false mesirah
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 »
Problem with director of beis din
Question: My wife went to beis din for a get. I was communicating with the director by email. He falsely wrote, with a copy to her, that I was not… Read more »
When something breaks
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 »
Property damage
Question: We run a home/office cleaning service. One of the clients claims that the cleaner (our employee) caused scratches on his windows while trying to remove stickers from the glass…. Read more »
Insurance claim
Question: A number of month ago my wife had a very bad fall in one of our local Mikvaosh, it has left her with very severe back pains & continuous… Read more »
Payment for a borrowing item that I damaged
Question: I borrowed a used item (used as in the condition it was when i got it) from my friend and it got damaged and I plan on paying for… Read more »
Profiting from event on neighbors property
Question: Can a tall hotel next door to a stadium advertise & charge admission for people to watch the game from their rooftop? In secular law, this was an actual… Read more »
Obligations of someone who borrowed and crashed my car
Question: If someone borrowed my car and got into a car accident and now my insurance will go up because of this, does he have to pay me for the… Read more »
do they owe me the money?
Question: I have worked for the same school for 20 years. Every year they offer direct deposit. Every year I say yes the first year they offered I gave them… Read more »
Grama Benizakin
Question: What is the biblical source that grama in damages is patur? Thank you Answer: See Yad Rama Bava Basra 26, Birkas Shmue Bava Kama 13,14 &20 Also Kuntrasey Shiurim… Read more »
Paying to buy new ticket for a cohen
Question: If a cohen cancels his flight schedule because on his flight there is going to be a deceased person, and he has to buy a new ticket which is… Read more »
Received duplicate product from online company, their mistake
Question: I received a duplicate product a week after receiving the one I paid for. The company is a non-Jewish company in Utah. They would not know I am Jewish…. Read more »
My worker damaged my neighbors property
Question: Is there any responsibility that i have for my contractor’s damages to my neighbor? Answer: Under normal circumstances your contractor is responsible for any damages done by his workers. Sources: Mishnah… Read more »
“You shall give him his wage on his day”
Question: “You shall give him his wage on his day” (Devarim 24:15) is a Torah statute. I travel a lot on public busses. Does this law also refer to… Read more »
Retail chain
Question: I own a retail chain that sells men’s and lady’s apparel. Each of my stores is run by a manager – reliable, trustworthy people who worked their way… Read more »
Fly Away, Fly Away
Question: Hello, My mother, may she live and be healthy, decided to buy two parrots for herself and my father in honor of their wedding anniversary. Those parrots were… Read more »
A Suit to Suit
Question: Rabbi, I get a Mazal Tov! Six days ago my wife gave birth to a baby boy. He looks just like me and the bris will take place… Read more »
Damages
Question: My name is Channie. I just recently got my license but I don’t own a car, and the only car I drive is my parents’ car. One day… Read more »
Damages
Question: A frum female college student is renting a basement apartment in the house of a frum landlord and his extended family. While the tenant was asleep, the landlord’s 3… Read more »