A specialist in business halacha
Rabbi Michoel Frank's recorded shiurim occupy a distinctive and demanding corner of Jewish law: the halacha of business and commerce. His classes take up employer and employee obligations, the halachos of backing out of a commitment, geneivas daas — deception — in sales and advertising, and whether the Torah supports fair competition. These are the choshen mishpat questions that arise wherever money changes hands, and he treats them with the seriousness they require.
Much of this teaching comes from settings built for exactly this subject — business halacha summits and yarchei kallah programs, where practitioners gather to work through real commercial dilemmas. That context shapes the shiurim: they are grounded in cases a working person actually meets, from a disputed deal to a marketing claim, and they follow the halacha to a usable answer.
Where Torah meets the workplace
What makes this material valuable is its focus on situations that rarely get a clear halachic hearing. Most people know there are laws of Shabbos and kashrus; fewer realize that hiring, negotiating, advertising, and competing are also governed by halacha. Rabbi Frank brings those obligations into the open, showing that honesty and fairness in business are not merely good ethics but binding Torah law.
His shiurim on employer-employee relationships and on honoring commitments speak directly to anyone who runs a business or holds a job. By tracing each question from its sources to a practical ruling, he equips listeners to recognize the halachic dimension of ordinary work decisions and to act on it with confidence.
The practical laws of Shabbos
Alongside commerce, Rabbi Frank teaches the practical halachos of Shabbos, including detailed, real-world questions such as the status of work performed by a non-Jew. This is halacha lema'aseh — the applied laws that determine what is permitted on Shabbos in cases that are easy to get wrong. His series on the subject work through the details methodically.
Taken together, his focus on business law and hilchos Shabbos points to a consistent aim: helping observant people navigate the moments where halacha meets modern life. For a family with a breadwinner or a business owner, that is a rare and useful kind of Torah — the law exactly where it presses hardest.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- He specializes in business halacha — employment, contracts, honesty in sales, and fair competition.
- Much of his teaching comes from business halacha summits and yarchei kallah programs built around real cases.
- He shows that hiring, negotiating, and advertising are governed by binding Torah law, not just ethics.
- He also teaches the practical, applied halachos of Shabbos, including work done by a non-Jew.
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