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Oral agreement

שו”תOral agreement
asked 5 days ago

Peace and blessings to the honorable Rabbi

My sister ordered me some holy books in exchange for not ordering any more in the coming months. We made a verbal agreement,
Does this make sense or can I continue to buy books with my own money?
PS Thank you very much for the rabbi dedicating his time to answering the Responsorial Psalm, it is not obvious at all.

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מיכי Staff answered 4 days ago

The question is not whether it is oral or written. A contract is also binding verbally. But here, simply put, there is no binding contract because of its content. This is a future obligation. Of course, there is an interest in keeping your word. And if it is clear that there was a condition here, then the books she bought you are not yours because you violated all the conditions.

יוסי replied 4 days ago

Thank you very much, Rabbi.
It should be noted that I paid for the books, she only ordered them, so in this situation perhaps it does not confiscate the books from me.

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