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Questions tagged [money]

Questions pertaining to money, including both physical currency and finances, in general.

Questions pertaining to money, including both physical currency and finances, in general.

There is a significant overlap between and , but each contains questions that the other doesn't. For example, questions about currency would generally not be tagged , and questions about property damage would generally not be tagged .

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Praying for the price of a stock to go down?

Is it allowed to ask HaShem to make the price of a stock go down so someone can buy it cheaper?
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Prosperity in Judaism

Is there a duality notion of prosperity in Judaism? I say this because there are texts that suggest that prosperity or well-being leads to destruction, as in Proverbs 1:32. If the impression of well-being leads to perdition and being in perdition…
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Bets with prior knowledge

If two people make a bet, and it comes out that one of them had knowledge that gave him the upper hand on the bet, is the bet valid? What if the person with prior knowledge was wrong?
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Wife's money belonging to husband

If the wife's money belongs to the husband, does it mean she has no voice in financial decisions? May he forbid her from having the access to the money (savings accounts) because "it is all his by halacha"? Where is the line between halacha and…
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Can you be forgiven for a debt without paying?

Two part question here. Curious if anyone knows of anything chazal says on the concept of owing people money and not paying back in a timely fashion, or not paying back at all, regarding the severity of it etc. Can one be forgiven on a debt…
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