[Avodah] daily halachot

[Saul Guberman]

On 1/19/07, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. He said that the custom in bakeries (though I find it in many stores) is that
> when there are many baked goods they are put into a cardboard basket and
> then weighted. Thus one is paying for the cardboard but at a price that is
> determined by the inside products (in Israel he estimated between 1 and
> 2 1/2 shekel). He claims that this is onaah from the Torah.

You must have thick cardboard in Israel for a bakery box to cost 2.5
shekel. The bakeries in Brooklyn tend to weigh the item directly on
the scale & then put it in the box or adjust the scale for the weight
of the box.

> 4. Putting on a long lasting cosmetic treatment might violate the prohibition of tatooing.

Did anyone ask about Henna?

Shabbat Shalom,
Saul