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Case: The plaintiff (=pl) ran group tours that, one Shabbat, used the defendant’s guesthouse (=def). Over Shabbat, pl felt bites but assumed they were from mosquitoes. When the symptoms recurred at home and she discussed the matter with group members and def, she figured out that she brought bedbugs home from def, from which the above were also suffering. Def sent an exterminator to pl’s house, but their one-time treatment did not help def (it helped other group members). Def entered a grueling three-month extermination regimen, which solved their problem. Pl ended up throwing out all of their bedroom furniture. Pl is suing for: the value of the discarded furniture (30,000 shekels); expenses of massive washing and drying of fabrics, including damage to the washer and dryer (7,000 shekels); buying new temporary (out of fear of recurrence) furniture (15,000 shekels); distress (10,000 shekels). Def responded that it was possible that someone in the group brought the bedbugs to def (they did not have problems before and did have afterward). Def argued that they were not at all negligent and paid for an exterminator for all involved beyond the letter of the law. (Def has insurance for the claims but relinquished their rights to them by adjudicating in beit din instead of secular court.)
Ruling: Last time we saw that we should hold def responsible to the extent that insurance companies are expected and usually agree to pay claims against their clients.
P'ninat Mishpat (829)
Various Rabbis
563 - “Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite” – part I
564 - “Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite” – part II
565 - “Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite” – part III
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The two sides agreed that beit din could learn about bedbug infestation from an article on the Dept. of the Environment website (expert witnesses are expensive). Bedbugs only move from place to place at night, and they do not usually move from building to building but from room to room within a building.
Let us investigate what apparently transpired. The two rooms that were affected on the Shabbat in question were not attached and both were open to the outside. The people affected spent only one night in the same building and did not spend other time together in a manner that bedbugs could have been passed from one to another. No one had experienced bedbugs before their stay in the guesthouse. Therefore, the likely explanation is that the bedbugs entered the rooms from the outside at a similar time, and that the guesthouse was thus the source of people’s infestation.
Next time we will look whether def was at fault, whether that makes a difference, and how to estimate proper compensation.
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Return of Down Payment Due to War – part I
based on ruling 84044 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: A Contractor’s Leaving the Job in the Middle – part II
based on ruling 84013 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
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Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
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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.
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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.
