Minyan of resentment
In a place a little far from home, they were interested in a minyan
On Saturday
They asked someone to organize a minyan for a fee of 50 NIS per head for several Shabbats.
The organizer went, gathered friends, called, coordinated, checked that there was a minyan, a man called the prayer time, etc.
And he told the participants, “I receive 50 NIS for each person who prays and I only give you 40. The difference is my salary.”
Believed and accepted
They happily came Shabbat after Shabbat for 40 NIS, even though they knew that the organizer was ‘earning’ 10 NIS for their trouble.
Is it now within the realm of God’s grace?
Do they at least have a grudge against him?
I didn’t understand the question.
The participants knew and were told explicitly that the organizer receives 50 NIS per head and gives them 40 NIS (there is a significant fee in reorganizing the minyan every week) and they believed and accepted his invitation again and again on the understanding that he did. Now someone comes and claims that this is not a good thing for its owners and he must give them 50 NIS for each participant even though they knew in advance that they would only receive 40 NIS and knew that he was charging them 50 NIS. Is there really such a law that if a good thing for its owners is not withheld from them, it requires him to add 10 NIS (his profit from the organization) even though it was explicitly agreed that they would only receive 40 NIS?
Of course not. That's what was agreed upon.
Honorable Mention
The place that needed the number didn't know and still doesn't know whether they have to pay the place and if so, can they wait for them to drown or must they tell them?
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