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Lost and Found/ Hashovos Aveida

  • Topic:

    Lost and Found/Hashovas Aveida

  • Difficulty:

    Intermediate

  • Location:

    Miami
Holiday Shiur: Finders Keepers
Sun, 05/30/2010 - 9:30am

Question:

"If a construction worker found money within the walls of a house, may he keep it ?"

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Finders Keepers Rabbi Schoen (Download 4.36 MB)

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Session 1
Sun, 06/06/2010 - 9:30am

 

Questions
“I saw a lost item on the street, and I was too lazy to pick it up which and how many עבירות did I transgress ?”
“There is a hurricane coming, my neighbor is out of town and His hurricane shutters are not closed, what is my Halachic obligation ?”
“I see my neighbor’s car lights were left on do I have to call and tell him about it ?”
 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 1 Rabbi Schoen (Download 3.32 MB)

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Related Topics This Class: Lost Item, Lost and Found/Hashavas Aveida, Yiush
Session 2
Sun, 06/13/2010 - 9:30am

 

Questions:
“What are the mechanics of yi'ush ?"
“I found a dollar on the street. May I assume the owner knows about it and has given up hope ?”
“A pacifier was seen behind the shul. Do I have a Mitzvah of Hashovos Aveida ?"
 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 2 Rabbi Schoen (Download 3.98 MB)

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Related Topics This Class: Lost Item, Abandonment / יאוש, Yiush, Yiush
Session 3
Sun, 06/20/2010 - 9:30am

 

Questions:
“While scuba diving in the Bahamas, I found a gold watch with the name Yaakov Goldberg on it. May I keep it ?”
“Is it permitted to download music from the Internet that was placed there without the owner’s permission ?”
“The Sotheby’s case, Seforim found after World War Two, whom do they belong to ?”
 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 3 Rabbi Wincelberg (Download 4.34 MB)

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Related Topics This Class: Lost and Found/Hashovas Aveida, Lost Items, Yiush
Session 4
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 9:30am

 Questions:

”Is there a difference in your obligation to return a lost object found on 41st street in January as opposed to August ?”
“What is the situation where although I must make no effort to return the lost object, I do have to return it if the owner requests it ?”
”Say Mickey Arison and one of the Kollel members found a similar lost object do they both have an equal obligation to return it ?”
 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 4 Rabbi Schoen (Download 3.63 MB)

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Related Topics This Class: Lost Item, Laws of Finding a Lost Object
Session 5
Sun, 08/22/2010 - 9:30am

 Questions:

”I found an item in the hotel room I was staying in. Must I return it ?”
“I found an object in a taxi ride in Yerushlayim. May I keep it ?”
 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 5 Rabbi Schoen (Download 3.82 MB)

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Related Topics This Class: Lost Item, Lost Money, Yiush
Session 6
Sun, 08/29/2010 - 9:30am

 Questions:

“After doing my 5 year old son’s carpool, I found an ipod in my car. May I keep it ?”

“While driving down my block, I saw outside near my neighbor’s garbage cans a fish tank in excellent condition. May I take it ?”

“Someone in Cleveland recently threw out a signed basketball jersey. May I take it ?”

 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 6 Rabbi Schoen (Download 4.48 MB)

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Session 7
Sun, 10/17/2010 - 9:30am

 Questions:

“I found a bottle of shampoo in the Mikvah, must I find it’s owner and return it ?”

“I found a watch on the side of the basketball court at school, may I keep it ?”

 

 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 7 Rabbi Tenenbaum (Download 4.5 MB)

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Session 8
Sun, 10/24/2010 - 9:30am

 Questions:

“I hired a plumber to fix a leaky faucet. He came and couldn’t fix it. Do I have to pay him ?”

“I hired a lawyer to keep me out of jail. It did not work. Do I have to pay ?”

“I gave my shirt to a dry cleaner in order to remove a stain. They couldn’t remove the stain, but they charged the full price. Do I have to pay ?”

 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 8 Rabbi Schoen (Download 4.6 MB)

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Session 9
Sun, 10/31/2010 - 9:30am

Questions:

“Rabbi Cohen finds a lost dog. Does he have an obligation to return it ? If not, is he required to appoint someone else to return it ?”
“A distinguished professor finds a coat, which is wet and muddy from a recent rainstorm. If it had been his, he would have left it there. Does he still have the Mitzvah of Hashovas Aveida?”

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 9 Rabbi Feldheim (Download 5.94 MB)

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Related Topics This Class: Lost and Found/Hashavas Aveida
Session 10
Sun, 11/14/2010 - 9:30am

Questions:

"My neighbor left town for the weekend. May I use his pool?"

"I forgot my davening hat at home. May I go into the coatroom and grab any hat?"

"I lost my talis and teillin. May I use a pair I found sitting on the table, if I know the person has davened already?"

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 10 Rabbi Z Zweig (Download 3.48 MB)

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Session 11
Sun, 11/21/2010 - 9:30am

Questions:

“If a patient agrees to pay his doctor an enormous amount of money for his services, does he have to uphold his agreement?”
“If one is rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night by a very close friend, who coincidently is a cab driver, may his friend charge for the ride later on?”

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 11 Rabbi Orlofsky (Download 4.24 MB)

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Session 12
Sun, 12/12/2010 - 9:30am

 

Questions:
“I found a Rolex watch in the front of the shul. It is about to rain, and a tzedaka collector walks over to me. Do I have to give him money?”
“I invested heavily in the stock market. On the way to shul this morning I heard that the Dow dropped 800 points. Am I required to Daven?”
“I was driving to the airport to greet Rav Elyashiv ten minutes before sunset. I did not daven Mincha yet. Should I go daven?”

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 12 Rabbi Baskin (Download 4.35 MB)

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Session 13
Sun, 12/19/2010 - 9:30am

Questions:

“I shared a cab with another Jew in Yerushalyim. He got off first leaving behind a large sum of money. Being that I found it first, may I keep it or does it belong to the owner of the cab?”

 

"I found money in shul this morning. May I keep it?”

 

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

  • Week 13 Rabbi Schoen (Download 4.93 MB)

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Prikah Teinah
Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:30am

Questions:

“While driving east on the Julia Tuttle Causeway, I see on the west side of the highway a yid with a flat tire. Must I turn around and assist him?”
“What about someone who ran out of gas?”
“Driving down 41st street, I see an older man loaded down with bags, struggling to reach Tower 41. Must I stop to help him?”

Marei Mekomos:

Shiurim:

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