Business Ethics from the Bookshelf: The Gift of the Magi

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May 04 2016
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54min 39s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Business,  Choshen Mishpat 
Machshava:
Business Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Business Ethics

References: Bava Batra: 146b ,  Kiddushin: 50a ,  Ketuvot: 97a  

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Two questions which emerge from O. Henry's story: 1. Could Jim reverse the sale of his watch, since he only sold it in order to get combs for his wife's hair? 2. What does this story say about altruism, and would a Jewish ethical approach agree?

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