Tag: Mishnah

There is a custom of learning and reciting chapters of Mishnah as part of the mourning process. Where does this come from? How does this ...

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Exploring Judaism September 3, 2024 Death and Dying Learning

What special ethical concerns arise as the distinction between company owners and customers is blurred by equity investment?

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, The Observant Life (Book) May 25, 2023 Business Ethics Commerce

Where a monopoly offers a clear benefit to consumers, Jewish tradition does sanction them on a closely regulated basis.

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, The Observant Life (Book) May 24, 2023 Business Ethics Commerce

Customers share in the responsibility for ensuring that transactions are fair, and should be upfront about their intentions as consumers.

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, The Observant Life (Book) May 24, 2023 Business Ethics Commerce

The Mishnah defines the fair price of an item, such that the seller earn a fair price, while not defrauding the buyer.

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, The Observant Life (Book) May 24, 2023 Business Ethics Commerce

Tu Bishvat, the new year for Trees, can remind us that the world is God’s sacred gift to humanity, a precious legacy entrusted to our ...

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) January 24, 2023 Holidays Tu Bishvat

There are four New Years, each with its own purpose. That said, the counting of the new year begins with Rosh Hashanah, in the seventh ...

The Observant Life (Book), Rabbi Alan Lucas August 21, 2022 Elul High Holidays

Friday night services on Shabbat include both Kabbalat Shabbat, a joyous recitation of psalms, and a Shabbat Maariv, the evening service.

Rabbi Michael Katz, The Observant Life (Book) April 20, 2022 Erev Shabbat Prayer

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