[Avodah] daily halachot

[Ken Bloom]

On Sunday 21 January 2007 18:08, Ken Bloom wrote:
> R' Eli Turkel wrote:
> > >>: Seems strange to me that paying any worker in advance is less 
> > >>: of a mitzva then paying at the end because he is not legally
> > >>: required to  pay in advance.
>
> RMB wrote:
> > >> Me too. More so, paying up front means that you have less 
> > >> chance to forget to pay.
>
> There's a lav and an aseh involved. You're either chayav to both or
> neither. There are ways to pay (such as paying early, or hiring
> through a third party) where you aren't chayav to either. You're also
> not chayav to either when you literally don't have the money to pay
> the day payment becomes due. In the later case, the aseh encourages
> you to avoid the situation where you don't have money to pay.

Immediately after I sent this, I realized what must be the reason why 
you're not chayav if you pay in advance. R' Bodner doesn't say it, but 
it must be that you're not chayav to pay for work until the work is 
actually done (because there's still the possibility of the work being 
cancelled or postponed to another day).

Let me just plug some English language books that focus on halachot that 
are very important, but that many feel are lacking given that much 
spontaneous halacha study focuses on Orach Chayim, and that there's a20
big push to study Chofetz Chayim but no big push to study the 
underlying issues that shemirat halashon stands on.

 * "Living Among Friends" by R' Dovid Castle (Feldheim)
   discusses halachot related to v'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha, ona'at
   devarim, sinah, and ganeivat da'at. More volumes are expected, and
   I look forward to reading them.

 * "The Laws of Interpersonal Relationships" by R' Avrhohom Ehrman
   (ArtScroll). This has a similar focus to "living among friends" but
   may be better organized and easier to follow. I haven't read this
   book.

 * "Halachos of Other People's Money" by R' Pinchas Bodner (Feldheim)

--Ken
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