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 »
Category: Damages
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 »
chamisha dvarim of chavala
Question: i may owe my parents several thousand dollars for various reasons.they don’t know about this. ii recently occured to me that perhaps i am patur from at least some… Read more »
shlichut
Question: I was asked if I can buy a expesive item for my friend and to lay out the money. I bought it and a אונס happened on the way… Read more »
Candy Theif
My 90 year old mother has diabetes. Everytime she goes grocery shopping with her caretaker, she takes (and does not pay for) candy bars, which she later eats. I’ve asked… Read more »
Driveway Damages
Shalom, In general , there is a yellow line, as a marker, on the sides of my driveway by the entrance to the street, so that cars that park in… Read more »
Teacher Damaged School Property
I am a teacher, and at school I borrowed a DVD player from the technology center for a class I was giving. It was not clear which way the dvd… Read more »
Damaged Car
The school secretary parked her car close to the building, and not in the car park, because she needed to make a quick getaway after school that day. Some lads… Read more »