Community Magazine March 2014

References available Ask about our wholesale oppor��nities Just by drinking a coffee! ADAR II 5774 MARCH 2014 45 YOU JUDGE ! BE THE YOU BE THE JUDGE and send your response to YouJudge@CommunityM.com Verdicts – and the accompanying rationale – will be reviewed by the Rosh Bet Din. The first three correct submissions received before the deadline will win a $50 gift certificate to a Community Magazine advertiser! Correct entries will receive honorable mention in the next issue when the Rosh Bet Din’s verdict is printed. Congratulations to February Winners: A.M. Ben-Dayan and Eliyahu B. JACK PLOT Jack, a member of his local synagogue, volunteered to organize a sale of raffle tickets to benefit the shul’s youth program. Although Jack purchased only one ticket for himself, he fiendishly accredited himself with five more tickets free of charge. On the night of the raffle drawing, one of Jack’s tickets was picked, and he won the $18,000 grand prize. Realizing the severity of his action, he approached the rabbi and confessed to having placed five illegitimate tickets into the pot. The rabbi instructed to remove the five illegitimate tickets, and a second raffle drawing made Morris the new grand prize winner. Upon inquiry, Jack discovered that all six of his tickets were removed from the second drawing, since his original winning ticket was never reentered into the pot. He complained to the rabbi that he had indeed purchased one ticket and was upset that he was left out of the raffle. He initially called for a third drawing, but Morris persuaded Jack to forgo his complaint by offering him $3000 of his prize. Harry, a synagogue committee member, complained to the rabbi that Jack was not entitled to $3000 of the prize. Harry protested that Jack had tampered with the first raffle drawing and should therefore be completely disqualified. Jack countered that he was surely entitled to at least $3000, as it was possible that he is the true winner of the entire sum, as the winning ticket drawn on the first round of the raffle may have been the very same one he paid for.Alfred, another raffle participant, who for months had his heart set on winning the grand prize, suggested a redrawing to get another shot at winning. Is Alfred right, that a third drawing should be held? Or perhaps Jack is the true winner of the grand prize? And if Morris is the real winner, can he, or should he, be prevented from sharing his prize with Jack, or can the two winners divide up the proceeds as he sees fit? How should the Bet Din rule, and why?