A Winning Ticket
Chinese auctions are very popular fundraisers. The first question is why it is called a Chinese auction. Did this type of insanity really begin in China? Doubtful.
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Shul
Drawing Lots for Shul Honors
Using a lottery to settle disputes over who leads davening, says Kaddish or receives an aliyah, and whether its result is binding.
Lots Of Land: Daf 119b in Zevachim
On daf 119b in Zevachim, the Gemara discusses the words “nachalah” and “menuchah” in the verse “For you have not yet come to the resting place (menuchah) or the inheritance (nachalah).” According to one opinion, both…
Win Or Lose
It seems to me that it was around 25 years ago that the Chinese-auction phenomenon hit the Jewish world. The first question one must ask is: why is it called a Chinese auction?