[lbo-talk] God's ruling on good price-comparison bargain shopping

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 27 06:54:17 PDT 2009


On May 27, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Bryan Atinsky wrote:


> "Ultra-Orthodox Jews should prefer shopping in businesses owned by
> religious Jews, rather than by secular or non-Jewish owners, Rabbi
> Yaakov Yosef ruled. [...] However, the rabbi noted that according to
> one halachic view, it is permitted to shop at a secular or non-
> Jewish-owned business if the price difference between the latter and
> the religious competition is greater than 16.6%."
>
> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3720560,00.html

Is this from a Jackie Mason routine?



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