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Ruling: [After seeing that pl was correct regarding the "heart of the claim," we are in the midst of exploring multiple smaller questions.]
Scaffolding: Def wants extra pay for having built a scaffold to build a balcony off of the living room, even though at the end it was not used because neighbors prevented it. Pl counters that def did it on his own. There is communication between def and pl’s son, who was authorized to represent his mother, in which def did initiate the change of the place of the balcony and expressed his expectation the neighbor will agree. What is important is that at the end, the son agreed to the change. Therefore, even if pl did not end up gaining anything from this part of the work, pl still has to pay for it (see Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat 335:3).
Changes and delays: Def claims to deserve extra pay for delays that pl caused by making changes and because of new requests by the engineer. Pl responds that almost all of the delays stemmed from what turned out to be def’s inexperience with a job of this magnitude; def did not complain about these things as they were occurring. Beit din notes that small changes and delays are a natural part of a major renovation job, and when a certain element of the work has a delay, one should be able to work on other parts of the project. Therefore, def has not made a sufficient case for an increase on his fees due to delays.
Mispricing: Def claims that he charged far too little and therefore should be able to void the contract and receive more for what he did. Also, def was unaware that due to the way the house was constructed (pre-fab), drilling is more difficult. Pl rejects def’s ability to make such a claim since he spent a long time studying the job, made multiple visits, and asked for time to discuss with others. Beit din rules that def cannot back out of his price estimate. First, most of the fee was for work on things that are attached to the ground (see Pitchei Teshuva, CM 227:26) upon which there is no claim of mispricing. More fundamentally, pl received estimates from several contractors, and it is not tenable to allow someone to win the contract with the lowest price and then remove the obligation to follow that price.
P'ninat Mishpat (834)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
817 - P'ninat Mishpat: A Contractor’s Leaving the Job in the Middle – part II
818 - P'ninat Mishpat: A Contractor’s Leaving the Job in the Middle – part III
819 - P'ninat Mishpat: Agricultural Water Rights – part I
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Igrot Hare’aya Raffle of Property in Eretz Yisrael for Tzedaka
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P'ninat Mishpat Limits of Interest Rate for Loan with Heter Iska – part II
based on ruling 80033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Igrot Hare’aya Semi-solicited Advice to Calm Down Petach Tikva
#227 Date and Place: 8 Tishrei 5669, Yafo
P'ninat Mishpat Limits of Interest Rate for Loan with Heter Iska – part I
based on ruling 80033 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
P'ninat Mishpat P'NINAT MISHPAT: A Mess of Loans, Repayments and Grievances – part II
based on ruling 83033 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
P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: A Seller with Questionable Rights to the Property – part II
based on ruling 84062 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
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Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
