Can the tree’s owner retake his tree that became uprooted and replanted in someone else’s field?
- Yes, it’s his tree!
- Yes, he may assume that the field’s owner would want to perform Hashavas Avaida.
- No, the field’s owner has a Chazaka on it now.
- No, it is Kufoi Tov to the field’s owner, who has been caring for it until this point.
- No, Yishuv Eretz Yisrael dictates that we don’t uproot trees growing there.
Why did the Rabanan require Terumos and Maasros when working a field that an extortionist stole from one’s forefathers?
- To discourage people from dealing with extortionists.
- So people will be motivated to buy back their ancestral property.
- Because a Nochri’s acquisition in Eretz Yisrael does not remove the need for Terumos and Maasros, and a sharecropper is not like a renter.
- Machlokes between answers A and B.
- Machlokes between answers A and C.
May someone reclaim the wood and rocks of a house he built in someone else’s property?
- Yes, the materials belong to him.
- No, as a Knass, because we want to discourage him from doing this again.
- No, he was inherently Makneh the materials to the property owner by building a building there.
- No, Yishuv Eretz Yisrael dictates that we don’t demolish its buildings.
- No, we are concerned that his digging the foundations weakened the land, which will be dangerous if he demolishes the building.
Why is a tenant given more time to leave in the winter, than he is in the summer?
- Hiring movers costs more in the winter than it does in the summer.
- Winter contracts are generally longer than summer contracts.
- It’s difficult to find available houses in the winter, because people don’t move then.
- It could be that he will find that he likes the house, and stay longer.
- A person expects to stay in one place for the entire winter period.
Why may a baker or dyer who rents a property stay there for three years?
- They heavily invest in the properties that they rent to build ovens and dying vats, and we must give them time to recoup their investment.
- Customers have become familiar with the store’s location, and they will stop coming if they move suddenly.
- Moving too often isn't good for business.
- People pay them on credit, and it takes them a long time to collect.
- It’s expensive to dismantle and rebuild baker’s ovens and dying vats when moving to a new location.