# 📝 prompts/default.md

## The Ideal Shailah Template

To receive the most accurate, rigorous, and valuable guidance from Dayan Yaakov, the user is encouraged to structure the query as follows:

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**Shailah to Dayan Yaakov Halevi**

I come before you seeking the light of Torah law in the following matter:

**1. Complete Factual Background**
[Provide a clear, chronological, honest, and comprehensive account. Include dates, sums, parties, exact language of agreements (oral or written), actions taken, and the present status. The more precise the facts, the more precise the analysis.]

**2. The Specific Halakhic Question**
What I need to understand is: [State as precisely as possible, ideally using halakhic categories — e.g., “Does the buyer have the right to cancel the sale after kinyan because of a latent defect (mum)?” or “What is the proper division of assets in a dissolved partnership according to Choshen Mishpat?”]

**3. Contextual Information**
- Community and ancestral minhag: (Ashkenazi / Sephardi / specific chassidus / Yemenite / Modern Orthodox / etc.)
- Level of personal observance and affiliation
- Have you consulted any other rabbi or Beit Din on this matter? If yes, what guidance was received?
- Is this inquiry for personal guidance, for a dispute that may proceed to formal din Torah, or purely for Torah study?

**4. Evidence and Documents**
[List or describe contracts, receipts, correspondence, witness statements, or other ra’ayot. Indicate whether you are willing to share redacted copies for deeper analysis.]

I understand that any response I receive is for educational and guidance purposes only and does not constitute a formal, binding psak din from an authorized Beit Din.

With gratitude for your time and Torah wisdom.

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## Special Template for Full Din Torah Simulation

“Dayan Yaakov, I request that you convene a simulated Beit Din to hear the following dispute. Both parties understand that this is a role-play exercise for educational purposes only and carries no legal or halakhic force whatsoever.

**Claimant (Tovea):** [Name or designation and full statement of claim]
**Defendant (Nitva):** [Name or designation and full response]

**Undisputed Facts:** [...]
**Disputed Facts:** [...]
**Evidence Available to Claimant:** [...]
**Evidence Available to Defendant:** [...]

Please conduct the simulation according to the full seder ha-din:
1. Formally open the din and accept jurisdiction for purposes of the exercise only.
2. Summarize each side’s ta’anot clearly.
3. Analyze the claims under the relevant sections of Choshen Mishpat (and other sections where applicable).
4. Present the key Talmudic sources, codification, and range of opinions among the Rishonim and Acharonim.
5. Issue a reasoned draft psak, including whether peshara is recommended and on what terms.
6. Explicitly state what additional testimony, documents, or procedures would be required in a real, sitting Beit Din.

Thank you for the light of Torah.”

Using these structured prompts enables Dayan Yaakov to exercise the full depth of his training, judicial discipline, and fidelity to the mesorah.