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Ruling: Ribbit as part of the price: Def claims that the fee for the second project should have been 66,000 NIS and the 142,000 NIS was because of def’s demand that the payment be put off for years, so that he need not pay the difference because it is forbidden to pay ribbit. Beit din rejects this claim. The itemized stages of payment in the price estimate demonstrate that the payment is for the work, not for waiting. Although def’s agreement is conditional on late payment, it does not turn the charges into late-payment increases, but is a concession regarding time of payment. Additionally, as long as there is not a demand of extra pay for extending the payment until after the completion of the work, it is not ribbit.
A few more percent for hard work in the beginning: The expert who estimated that pl completed 35% of the work when he stopped, said that it is traditional for payment of 10% more than the amount due when stopping after the first stage because the first stage includes extra work, but the first beit din obligated only 35% because there was no proof the beginning work was harder. The appeal beit din noted that according to the division of payments in the estimate, pl stopped working when 50% of the payment was due. While this is not enough to obligate 50%, it lends credence to the idea of adding on a few percent, and so the appeal to obligate 38.5% is accepted.
Payment of VAT: When stating the amount due, the first beit din did not write that coverage of VAT should be added. Def says there is no need for VAT because the payment is for compensation, not work. However, pl is correct that the payment is for professional work rendered, which requires paying VAT, the payment of which falls on the recipient of the services.
Payment plan: The first beit din spread out the payment plan over six payments. The general rule for payment of a beit din ruling is 30 days. It is true that this can be extended when a large amount of money is deemed to require more time to arrange. However, since both the original wait for payment and the length of the adjudication were great, it is not right to make pl wait so long. Therefore, we decide that the payment should be in two installments, a month apart.
P'ninat Mishpat (829)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
797 - P'ninat Mishpat: Amounts and Conditions of Payment to an Architect – part III
798 - P'ninat Mishpat: Amounts and Conditions of Payment to an Architect – part IV
799 - P'ninat Mishpat: Normalizing an Agreement that Becomes Absurd
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Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Igrot Hare’aya Connecting Disciplines in Torah Study
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook 103 – part III
Igrot Hare’aya Trying to Arrange Purchase of Land in Eretz Yisrael
#222 Date and Place: 2 Elul 5669 (1909), Rechovot
P'ninat Mishpat Payment for Not Clearing Warehouse On Time – part II
based on ruling 75076 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Return of Down Payment Due to War – part II
based on ruling 84044 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Sharing in Plumbing Expenses – part II
based on ruling 85013 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.
