Our latest Business Breakfast explored the interface between the world of Amazon, and online commerce in general, and the Torah system of acquisition. Rabbi Yerachmiel Pickholtz of the Chicago Choshen Mishpat Institute explained how the Torah looks at ownership, in contrast to the conventional perspective, and how that affects order fulfillment and shipping in a very practical way.

When does the product actually belong to you?

When you click “Place Order”?

When it arrives on your doorstep?

When you bring it inside?

What if you receive a product that was ordered by someone else, or duplicate of your own order?

Is there a difference between Amazon and Ebay?

Also discussed was what may be written in online reviews, using someone else’s Amazon Prime benefits, and using a product that arrived on Shabbos.

Listen to the audio below for the full shiur.