Impulse Purchases
It started innocently enough. Boruch was just going to pop into the store—grab some lightbulbs. That’s it. He even said it out loud in the car like some kind of budgeting mantra: “Just the lightbulbs.
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Money and Business
Workers and Employers
Hiring, wages, paying on time and a worker's rights.
A Cut Above
After much pleading from my wife, I agreed to take my children to the barber. The last child to get his haircut was behaving rather well, when suddenly, the screaming started.
The Price to Pay
The Gemara in Kiddushin (17a) discusses the situation of an eved Ivri, an indentured servant, who became ill. His boss contracted with him for six years of labor. However, he was ill for two years.
Rise and Shine
Everyone knows how hard it is to wake up in the morning. One Siyum HaShas video in fact focused on the coffee served at the Daf. Many Daf Yomi shiurim take place early in the morning, and coffee provides a welcome boost.
Agents Of Destruction
The last perek in Sanhedrin (95a) discusses the tragic story of the destruction of the city of Nov and its kohanim. Shaul HaMelech considered Dovid HaMelech to be a traitor and therefore deserving of the death penalty.
Who Knows Nine?
In this column, we previously discussed Rabbah Bar Bar Chana’s workers who broke the barrels of wine they were hired to transport (Bava Metzia 83a).
Good Help Is Hard To Find
The Mordechai (Gittin 461) relates that Rabbeinu Tam once allowed a kohen to pour water over his (Rabbeinu Tam’s) hands. This caused one of his students to inquire as to how he could allow a kohen to serve him, being…
Like Father, Like Son
Rebbe Yochanan says that a person should not deviate from his own trade or the trade of his fathers (Arachin 16b). The Gemara often offers Torah-based advice regarding how one should conduct himself in his affairs.
The Out-Of-Town Bonus
My first lesson in how people are wary of shadchanim came when I spoke to my uncle about a prospective shidduch for his daughter. I described the bachur as being five-foot-six.
One, Two, Three Years You're Out At The Old Ball Game
For a while there has been a prevailing theory in the sports world that it's worth it to lock a budding star into a long-term contract before his value escalates.
Gemara stories on Workers and Employers
Rabbah bar bar Chanah and the Porters' Cloaks
Porters break Rabbah bar bar Chanah's wine barrels and he takes their cloaks, but Rav tells him to return them and even pay their wages, beyond the letter of the law.
Rabbah bar bar Chanah and the Broken Barrels
Porters break Rabbah bar bar Chanah’s barrels of wine. Rav tells him to forgo his claim and, because the workers are poor, to pay them their wages too.