Due to COVID-19, many businesses and schools have been closed. What obligation does a business or school owner have towards his employees? If one is obligated, are there any exceptions? Is the halacha different if there is a physical signed…
Adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald May 14, 2020 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently announced that there is “significant evidence” that the virus behind the current plague emerged from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan, capital…
The Case of the Fleeting Flat HaRav Chaim Weg May 7, 2020 Q: The two-year rental agreement I signed with my landlord ended some time ago. The standard practice is that when that happens, the arrangement continues until either party…
What happens to tuition if the agreement provided for pandemics? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 7, 2020 The previous installment in this series focused on the rule that an employee is generally not entitled to compensation…