Reply To: Kinyan

A Kinyan is required to solidify a sale.

But is work truly a sale? Before you say “yes” (since you’re selling your services for money) consider:

If either side can back out of a sale without a kinyan*, could not a boss who pays via direct deposit tell his workers after the work is done “OK, I’ve changed my mind, I’m backing out of the deal, so you’re not getting paid. Since there was no kinyan by you or I, the deal we had isn’t binding. Have a nice life?”

Now, I’m fairly certain that this isn’t the case. I’m almost certain that a boss cannot do what I described above. Given that, can you truly say that work (which is what we’re describing here) can be considered a sale?

The Wolf

* A fairly well established halacha.