R' Micha Berger wrote:<br>"The subject of billing is lo nicha lei because that side of the transaction /is/ separable from the receiving side. There are more possibilities in the universe than buy vs steal."<br>
<br>I don;t understand your point here at all. When I turn on the faucet it causes 2 things to happen:<br>1. The water starts flowing<br>2. The meter measure the water flow<br><br>The question of neicha lei is whether I want the meter to record my usage or not? IMHO, the answer is yes. I am being billed by usage, if the usage is not recorded then I have no way of paying for the water so I want the usage to be recorded which means it is neicha lei. <br>