[Avodah] daily halachot

[Eli Turkel]

As an introduction the rabbi has established a new organization called "ishe"
whose purpose is to make the average person and businessman more aware of
relatively little known halachot. He gave many examples and stressed that he
was less interested in the halacha than in the awareness. He has no problem
with someone using a kulah as long as he does it consciously and not because
of lack of knowledge. Since he gave many examples there was almost no time
for questions. I know little about Hennas but he said that the prohibition is
only if the cosmetic treatment is long lasting about 1/2 a year.
He has special seminars for specific industries. His general course consists of
six lectures
1. home actvities and family trips
2. money matters
3. education
4. education
5. personal health both in good and bad health
6. construction and renovations

Micha wrote"
How could it be, since the box is nowhere near 1/6 the total weight? The
market is allowed to vary by that much.

I stepped into the bakery this morning and watched. The workers consistantly
put the box (paper or plastic shell) on a digital scale and then hit the
"tare" button to re-zero it. "

I believe that 1/6 is only for undoing the sale but any conscious overcharge is
prohibited.
In Israel I have never seen digital scales with them being zeroed out after the
package is put on. Obviously he would welcome such an innovation.

:5. Punishments in school have to fit halachic guidelines

I don't see a chiddush here, everything else in life does too. Did he offer
examples?"

While you dont see achidush my experience is that few principals use
halachic guidelines.
The case he gave involved his son who was punished for not showing up for
a work assignment. He claimed that he was assigned two days before and normally
there is a 4-5 day interval. The principal said he should have looked anyway.
They did not a study and it turns out that this was the first time
that there had
been a 2 day interval between assignments. The rabbi told the principal that
according to halacha one does not have to check for unusual events and
cannot be punished for it.

I remember a story with my own son who was punished for not reporting some
misdeeds of other students and refusing to tell the principal who did them.
I went to a big fight that training students to be a "moser" is against halacha
and horrible education.

kol tuv


-- 
Eli Turkel