The intentions of deeds and transactions can sometimes be determined by words, agreements, and contracts. Often however, deeds need to be interpreted by the context in which they occur.
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Trade Finance presents interesting challenges in the laws of interest bearing credit.
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Lending and borrowing with interest is a unique law that is foundational to faith and community.
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“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” – Marcus Arelius, Meditations. How applicable is this in Torah?
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We can cause damage to the property of others or to their persons. Perhaps the worst damage that we can cause though, is damage to their heart.
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The right to cancel a sale can stem either from one party having mislead the other, or from having transgressed the prohibition of אונאה
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When a transaction is designed for a spiritual reason rather than an economic one, money is valued subjectively rather than by the currency market.
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The Torah expects high levels of personal mastery from us. Even to having a grievance against one who wronged us needs us to have an Halachik basis that permits such a grievance.
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An item sold by an individual from his or her personal collection has a narrative attached to it unlike a generic item bought in a store. The narrative attaches a different value to the item.
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The feeling of having had our trust exploited, is one of the most soul-destroying feelings we can endure.
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