[Avodah] car rental corporate discount code question

Micha Berger via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Mon Aug 15 13:36:15 PDT 2016


On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 03:19:02PM -0400, M Cohen via Avodah wrote:
:> ..But you have to be up-front that you are not a member anyway. Geneivas
:> da'as / "midevar sheqer tirchaq" is assur regardless of whether the victim
:> is Yehudi or nakhri.
: 
: I'm not so sure about that its Geneivas da'as. If upfront, the clerk might
: have to say no (for policy reasons), even though if don't ask/don't tell
: they would certainly have allowed it.

As I mentioned about selling tereif food to a non-Jew, even if there
is no difference in value or price -- lying is assur regardless of any
fiscal impact.

: It's not midevar sheqer tirchaq, you are just stating that this is code you
: want to use.

Are you leaving it implied that you're a chabadnik when you aren't?
(For reasons other than mipenei hashalom, mesechet, puraya or
ushpiza?)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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