Business Ethics Archives | Rosh Yeshiva Responds

25 01, 2026

Is Reselling World Cup Tickets Above Face Value Halakhically Permitted?

January 25th, 2026|Business Ethics, Choshen Mishpat, Shulchan Arukh|

QUESTION

Riverdale, NY

Someone has World Cup tickets that he wants to resell. One can resell through the FIFA resale website, where one sets a price and sees whether someone will buy it (and FIFA takes a cut). The going prices there have ranged from 2x to 70x the face value of the ticket. This person has a private Jewish buyer who agreed to pay a little less than 2x the face value. Is there any ona’ah issue because it is so much more than the face value, or not because this price falls within the “secondary market” rates?

ANSWER

Initially, I

Calculating Ma’aser after Parsonage

1 05, 2023

Calculating Ma’aser after Parsonage

May 1st, 2023|Business Ethics|

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QUESTION

New York

Does the Rosh Yeshiva have guidance on whether or not to deduct parsonage when calculating מעשר כספים? Does it matter whether one receives it as a place to live sans rent or as a housing allowance? I could see a number of different סברות but haven’t been able to turn up any sources that address analogous cases.

This question is למעשה for me and the particulars of my case are a little funky: my employer, who is also my landlord, designates a portion of my salary as a housing allowance, prorated

9 01, 2023

Employer’s Delayed Payment of Bitcoin to Employee

January 9th, 2023|Business Ethics, Choshen Mishpat, Interpersonal Ethics|

QUESTION

Philadelphia

Kvod HaRav Linzer:

An Israeli man was hired to do some contract work, and the agreement was that the final month ‘s work would be paid in Bitcoin. The employer never paid that month’s salary, despite the employee repeatedly asking to be repaid. Finally, over 5 years later, the employee received the payment of 3 bitcoins. The sum is worth much more than when it was to be originally paid, but the employee lost the opportunity to potentially sell when the price was much higher. What does the employer owe now as fair recompense? Thank you.

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