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HALACHA, HASHKAFA AND PARENTING

Why You Shouldn't Wait for a Better Price

Why You Shouldn't Wait for a Better Price

Part of Halacha, Hashkafa and Parenting · 5:12

Covers the prohibition of ona'as devarim (hurtful speech through questions), advice to sell promptly rather than hold out, and a story of hidden wealth made from date-beer.

Audio Transcript
Prohibition of Asking Prices โ€“ ona'at devarim

Not to not to haggle over the price, isn't that considered ona'at devarim? Yeah. Not how would you ask for the price of something, even without haggling, when you don't plan to buy it? Exactly. That's one of the examples of ona'at devarim. Well, you're not allowed to ask the price, not even if he's sold by another market, at that price. Oh, that's something else, but the person doesn't know that. What? Don't make him think you're planning to buy it. Right. That's what you're not allowed. ืื•ื ืืช ื“ื‘ืจื™ื. ืื•ื ืืช ื“ื‘ืจื™ื, yeah. ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, the ืจื‘ื ืŸ learned, He's not important because I had to repeat. Huh? ื’ื™ืžืœ ืื™ืŸ ืžืชื’ืจื™ืŸ ื‘ื”ืŸ, there are three people, don't start up with them. ืืœื• ื”ืŸ: ืขื›ื•ืดื ืงื˜ืŸ, a small goy, child a ื’ื•ื™, ื ื—ืฉ ืงื˜ืŸ, small snake, ื•ืชืœืžื™ื“ ืงื˜ืŸ, a small talmid. Why? Now, it doesn't mean that with the big ones you could, even with small ones not. Lichorah, but they're small, what could they do to you? ืžืื™ ื˜ืขืžื ื“ืžืœื›ื•ืชื™ื™ื”ื• ื‘ืื—ื•ืจื™ ืื•ื“ื ื™ื™ื”ื• ืงื™ื™ืžื, it's an expression that their their malchut is behind their ears, that means you'd never know, they're violently they're young, but they're going to grow up, and if they're going to grow up, and then they're going to be strong, and then they're going to get back to you, and they're going to take nekamah, so even if they're those small now, don't start up with them. Snake is going to remember you? Yeah. Snake will remember you. So, don't chase him, he'll come he could come back to your house and sneak again. So, you know what the future holds for us. Snake will remember your house. Reminds me of that now. Okay, the Gemara fights, there's 20 more lines. ืืžืจ ืœื™ื” Rav ืœืื™ื‘ื• ื‘ืจื™ื”, Rav said to Aivu his son, ื˜ืจื—ื™ ื‘ืš ื‘ืฉืžืขืชื ื•ืœื ืืกืชื™ื™ืข ืžื™ืœืชื, I tried to teach you Torah, it's a geshikhte. And didn't succeed. ืชื ืื’ืžืจืš ืžื™ืœื™ ื“ืขืœืžื, let me teach you weltishe things. So, he told him like this, ืขื“ ื“ื—ืœื ืื›ืจืขืš ื–ื‘ื™ืŸ ื•ื–ื‘ื•ืŸ. That means as when you come from the the street you bring merchandise along, you still have the sand on your feet, try to sell it if it comes. If some a customer is there, don't say, \"Well, I'll wait, maybe I'll get a better price.\"

Sell Immediately โ€“ Donโ€™t Wait for a Better Price

First chance you have, sell your merchandise. ื›ืœ ืžื™ืœื™ ื–ื‘ื™ืŸ ื•ืชื”ื ื—ืจื˜, anything you sell, sometimes you will have charatah, you should have charatah, maybe you shouldn't have sold it, maybe you should have waited for later, ื‘ืจ ืžื—ืžืจื, except wine, you tease someone who's tired, whenever you sell it don't ever have charatah, even though the price went up. Why? You never know. The price went up if you'd wait 10 days, it'll get sour, you never know, it might have been sour, why you wouldn't sell it at all, so come It's like the stock market. Yeah. ืฉื“ื™ ื‘ื›ื™ืกืš ื•ืคืชื— ืฉืงืš, first put in your pocket, and then open your sack. If you're selling merchandise, take the money first in your pocket and then you give him the merchandise. Don't give him the merchandise and then he'll pay you. You never know. Very good advice. Better than always. ืงื‘ื ืžืืจืขื ื•ืœื ื›ื•ืจื ืžืื™ื’ืจื. If you have one kav down here, it's better than having a whole kor on the ceiling. It's like in English there's an expression one bird One bird in the hand. in the hand is better than two birds 10 birds roaming in the in the in the tree, in the forest, so that's exactly what he's saying. This is what I have told uh our old man. He sell Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, yeah, yeah. ืชืžืจื™ ื‘ื—ืœื•ื–ืš, ืœื‘ื™ ืกื“ื ื ืจื”ื•ื˜. The moment you come with temarim, temarim they would eat, nice, but they also would make beer out of temarim. He says that's more That's better. So, the more ื—ืœื•ื–ืš is is if you have in your basket, go, run to the ืกื“ื ื. ืกื“ื ื is the is the place where they make the beer. Don't wait. First of all you wait, it gets spoiled, you'll eat it up. Go right away and run and give it to them. Ad kamah? So, how much?

The Secret Wealth from Making Beer Out of Dates

ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืคืคื: ืขื“ ืชืœืชื ืกืื•ื•ืชื, up to three se'ah you should do it. ืืžืจ Rav Pappa, Rav Pappa said that it's important that you make money from ืชืžืจื™ื, ืื™ ืœืื• ื“ืืจืžืื™ ืฉื™ื›ืจื, had I not made beer from this ืชืžืจื™ื, ืœื ืื™ืขืชืจื™, I wouldn't become rich. ืื™ื›ื ื“ืืžืจื™, some say ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื—ืกื“ื: ืื™ ืœืื• ื“ืืจืžืื™ ืฉื›ืจื ืœื ืื™ืขืชืจื™. If I wouldn't have so made the beer, I wouldn't be rich. ืžืื™ ืกื•ื“ื ื™? The Gemara asks, why is this making the beer from the ืชืžืจื™ื called ืกื•ื“ื ื™? ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื—ืกื“ื, Chisda said, ืกื•ื“ื ื™ made up of two words, ืกื•ื“ ื ืื”. It's a good secret. It's a good secret how to become rich. Ve-gemilut chasadim, also you if you become rich, you could do gemilut chasadim, you could give tzedakah. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืคืคื, Rav Papa A good secret that making beer Making the beer out of ืชืžืจื™ื, yeah. Rav Papa said, ื›ืœ ืื’ื‘ ื’ื‘ื™ื” ื‘ืขื™, anything that you have a shtar, anything that you still have to collect, gemilut chasadim because it makes them healthy. Ah, pshat is eh It could be also. It says anything that's not you still have to collect, you still have to collect it, and don't consider it done, you know, \"Oh, I have a good document that he owes me the money, don't worry.\" It's not done yet. ื›ืœ ืืฉืจืื™, anything every time you give on credit, ืกืคืง ืืชื™ ืกืคืง ืœื ืืชื™, it's afraid you if you'll get paid or not. ื•ื“ืืชื™, even if it'll come, ืžื ื›ืกืก ืจืขืก, you say because on credit they pay you out like a credit card you pay out, it's called credit card because of that, ืืฉืจืื™. To pay out, so if you pay every time a little bit, how good is it already? So, bad money, bad investment. Some of it's always...

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