The Making of a Mentsch

description of book The Laws and Parameters of Interpersonal Mitzvot. Are we required – or even permitted – to visit a patient with a contagious disease? If one does not want to lend a friend money, can he say, “I don’t have any to lend right now”? Is it permitted to ask people closer to the front of the line to cut ahead of them? Must one give money to every person who asks for tzedakah? How far does one have to go to donate an organ to a patient in need? In The Making of a Mentsch, these questions and many more are addressed clearly and thoroughly with extensive footnotes, highlighting the importance and significance of mitzvot bein adam l’chaveiro (mitzvot between people) in the Torah and rabbinic literature. In addition, it shows how halachic authorities analyze and probe these mitzvot with the same rigor and attention as mitzvot bein adam l’Makom (mitzvot between people and Hashem). Discover anew the interpersonal mitzvot we encounter in our lives every single day! “The author’s previous sefarim have been accepted amongst lomdei Torah.”  Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg “The sefer sensitizes us to many mitzvot bein adam l’chaveiro we can fulfill in our daily lives, including in areas of business, commerce, appropriate speech, and many other important mitzvot.”  Rabbi Eliyahu Brudny “We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Harav Walter for writing a book making us aware of many of these situations, collecting the halachot relevant, and offering practical guidance.”   Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky “The hard work and great investment devoted toward producing such a complete and organized sefer is clearly apparent.”   Rabbi Matisyahu Deutsch *** Rabbi Moshe Walter serves as the Rav of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and is the executive director of the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washington.