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The gemara (Bava Metzia 10a) says that a worker can back out in the middle of the day, which is what separates him from a slave, a status we should not have in relation to another human being. However, the baraita (ibid. 77b) says that if backing out will cause an actual loss to the employer, the worker may back out only if there is an oness (extenuating circumstance). Based on this, Rav Chayim D. Halevi (Aseh Lecha Rav II, 64) says that, under normal circumstances, one is not allowed to strike. Rav S.Z. Orbach (Techumin V, pg. 287) says that in standard modern cases, strikes are worse than they were classically because they (sometimes) abrogate agreements that were made publicly, which make the agreement the equivalent of a case where a kinyan was made. Under such circumstances, beit din can force the workers back to their jobs (see Shach, Choshen Mishpat 333:4; Pitchei Teshuva, ad loc.:2). Rav Orbach also posits that a worker may back out only if he is seeking freedom from work, but if he wants to continue working for his employer with better compensation, he may not break his agreement. The situation is even clearer regarding many strikes where the employee stops working while preventing others from replacing him.
Rav Avraham Shapira (Techumin V, pg. 297) distinguishes between one who wants to back out to raise his wages, which is not valid, and one who does so to compensate for the wages' decreasing buying power or the employer's failure to fulfill conditions of the agreement. In the latter case, the worker is entitled to take steps based on avid inish dina l’nafshei (limited rights to "take the law into one’s hands").
The Tzitz Eliezer (II, 23) and Igrot Moshe (Choshen Mishpat I, 59) divorce the matter of strikes from that of ceasing to work, as the worker wants to continue working with different conditions. Rather, the relevant halachic parallel is that of agreements within groups of craftsmen. The Shulchan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat 231:28) says that just as the residents of a city may set regulations, so can the members of a trade group. However, in regard to the latter, since they are acting for their own personal interests, they need the agreement of an "important man" who is responsible for the welfare of the community. After meeting those conditions, they can decide that when a group strikes, peers will not be allowed to "break the strike."
P'ninat Mishpat (829)
Various Rabbis
117 - Litigants' Agreement to Special Rules of Adjudication
118 - The Right to Strike
119 - The Right to Strike - Part II
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based on ruling 83033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
