שאלה: לגבי כסף שנמצא במקום לקיחת העודף במכונה לממכר חטיפים, האם מותר לקחתו, בהנחה שהקונה שעבורו יצא העודף התייאש ממנו, או שמא נחשב שהכסף לא יצא מרשות בעל המכונה,…
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שאלה: לגבי כסף שנמצא במקום לקיחת העודף במכונה לממכר חטיפים, האם מותר לקחתו, בהנחה שהקונה שעבורו יצא העודף התייאש ממנו, או שמא נחשב שהכסף לא יצא מרשות בעל המכונה,…
If it was found in a place where it is obvious that it wasn’t placed there, but rather it dropped out of someone’s pocket etc., you may keep it.…
In most matters of halachah anything pachos mi’shaveh perutah (less than the value of a perutah coin—the smallest unit of currency in ancient times) has no bearing. For example,…
Question: I found a 'Rebbe Dollar' a few weeks ago on Kingston and Crown St. I posted hashavas aveida ads on local websites and got a couple of responses,…
We’ve all heard of cases where airlines accidentally offered flights for ridiculously low fares. Similarly, we might encounter mistakenly underpriced items in other venues, such as in a local…
Question: I just found a school bag on an underground train in London with some money and tablet inside do I have to return it? Most probably it doesn't…
Question: While cleaning up after a non-religious family event at Chabad house, a bag of non-kosher cognac and an empty flask was found. It belongs to one of the…
Question: This a previous correspondence with Asktherav: At a farbrengen at my home once, someone left a scarf. I ended up using the scarf. It is now some five…
I’m in shul and I’m about to begin davening when I realize I’m holding someone else’s tallis! May I make a brachah on a “stolen” tallis? From a strictly…
Question: My brother, 12 years old, used to have a lop top and stopped using it years ago. Since I needed a lop top I asked him to look…
One may not intentionally deceive anyone, including non-Jews, but it is permissible to take advantage of a mistake made by a gentile (ta’us akum), unless doing so will cause…
Question: I made a purchase on amazon and got a notification that it was delivered. When I checked for the package though I wasn’t able to find anything so…
Yes. דינא דמלכותא דינא, וברשות הממשלה לקחת נכסי התושבים על פי חוקי המדינה. וגם כבר התייאש ממנו. ראה שו"ע אדה"ז הל' גזילה וגנבה סעיף יט: וכן אם גזר מי…
Question: My brother works in a store in Crown Heights and found a stroller that was left behind already for three days. He offered it to me and said…
I recently came across a blanket on the street. I was afraid to touch it and find its owner being that I was in an unsafe part of the neighborhood,…
If the money was found in a place that many people pass through and was lying in a way that it appears to have fallen there (as opposed to…
