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Case: Reuven promised his creditors that he would pay when Hashem will "widen his boundaries" (i.e., when he will be financially more secure). The creditors now claim that if Reuven has 50 gold coins, then he has reached that level. They base themselves on the sefer Kol Yehuda, who cites the gemara (Chulin 84a). The gemara comments on the pasuk, "When Hashem will widen your boundaries … and you will say ‘I shall eat meat,’ as your spirit will desire to eat meat" (Devarim 12:20), that there should be a correlation between the amount of money one has and how he eats. Specifically, it says that when one has 50maneh he can allow himself to eat meat, which thus corresponds to the situation of "when Hashem will widen your boundaries..."
Ruling: I do not like this type of ruling, which bases itself on an aggadicstatement of Chazal. Furthermore, does it make sense that the amount of coins one needs to be considered financially secure is not affected by the value of the local currency? It is clear that the dayan who is ruling on the case has to estimate the point of the widening of the boundaries based on his good sense.
P'ninat Mishpat (832)
Various Rabbis
383 - A Split Majority
384 - When Is The Debtor Rich Enough to Pay?
385 - A Woman who Relinquished Rights to her Ketuba
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[The Noda B’Yehuda now goes into a mathematical calculation of different currencies of the time of the gemara and of his time in Europe, and tries to work out the equivalent of 100 maneh in terms of his time and place. It came out to much more than the 50 gold coins that the creditors were claiming]. It turns out that the source that the creditors thought would help them actually harms their case. However, I still maintain that the determination of when it is considered that Reuven has enough money to pay has to be made by the dayanim based on the circumstances and their good sense, not by means of a source-based calculation.
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
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P'ninat Mishpat Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Smoking Rights in a Rental? – part II
based on ruling 85076 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Agricultural Water Rights – part II
based on ruling 84122 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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