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#Soliciting for a charitable cause even using persuasive tactics isn't a violation of lo tachmod or lo titaveh since you are helping them fulfill a mitzvah. However, persisting and pestering a potential donor are onat devarim.<ref>Tradition 38:3 2004 article by Rabbi Aaron Levine p. 13</ref> | #Soliciting for a charitable cause even using persuasive tactics isn't a violation of lo tachmod or lo titaveh since you are helping them fulfill a mitzvah. However, persisting and pestering a potential donor are onat devarim.<ref>Tradition 38:3 2004 article by Rabbi Aaron Levine p. 13</ref> | ||
== Bakeries and Groceries == | == Halachos of Bakeries and Groceries == | ||
#Since in bakeries the usual practice is to use tear weight it is dishonest to use net weight and charge customers for the weight of the packaging unless there is a sign clearly indicating this.<ref>Mishpatecha L’yakov 8:29</ref> | #Since in bakeries the usual practice is to use tear weight it is dishonest to use net weight and charge customers for the weight of the packaging unless there is a sign clearly indicating this.<ref>Mishpatecha L’yakov 8:29</ref> | ||
==Honest Weights and Scales== | |||
#If one sells items by weight the scales must be exact.<ref>Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 231:1.</ref> | |||
#One may not hoard products, or engage in any act of price manipulation.<ref>Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 231:25.</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category: Business Halacha]] | [[Category: Business Halacha]] |
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