Purchases & Acquisitions

When his wife Sarah passed away, Abraham was offered an incredible bargain: a free burial plot. Abraham's refusal to accept teaches us something about the worth of bargains...

This week's Torah portion describes the laws of buying and selling. Our sages teach us that a person can not acquire something that has not yet 'entered this world'. However, a promise to donate something that does not yet exist must be kept when it does ...

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 263 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.

“The community is too poor, and cannot shoulder the financial burden of this endeavor. And as for the local gevir, it is a waste of time even to approach him . . .”

This Talmud course focuses on fundamental principles related to monetary litigations and the court procedures for adjudicating them. In this lesson we discuss interesting dilemmas in business transactions.