Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
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Bechorot 35a Robotic vs. Human Action – כל שהוא לדעתו אסור
Intentionality of the agent transforms his action from that of an agentic robot to a human action.The intentionality of the owner makes that action his.
Bechorot 33b-34a Cheating G-d - הצורם אוזן בכור
When we create an opportunity by doing something wrong, the opportunity itself becomes un-kosher.Source Sheet...
Bechorot 32b-33a The Sanctity of Jewish Ownership - ובית הלל מתירין אפילו עכום
An object owned by a Jew is subject to more halachot than one owned by a non-Jew, and is therefore part of a higher system of kedusha.
Bechorot 31a Cheapening that which is Sacred - הבכור והמעשר הנייתו לבעלים
Often we find that principles of spirituality and of economics overlap. That is an indication of their Truth. The value of things is expressed not only by how we handle them but also by the price we are willing to pay for them.<...
Bechorot 21b The Profit Motive or Piety - אם במוכר או בלוקח תליא מלתא
The seller of a cow that has not previously given birth is conflited between preserving the price by not revealing the fact to the buyer, and the piety of potentially causing the buyer to transgress by eating kodshim outside the beit hamikdash....