Question: I moved into a new apartment and the old roommate left things, she said whatever is left is trash, she does not want, is from former roommates or the… Read more »
Category: Returing lost objects
Hashavas aveida of pretzels left in my car
Question: A child left a couple of pretzels in a bag our car during a carpool drive a while ago. Are we mechuyav to return it? I would assume that… Read more »
returning to Amazon an item I did not order
Question: I ordered Turbotax software from Amazon. It arrived today but included in the package was a USB Flash Drive that I did not order nor did I pay for… Read more »
Salary
Question: I get a salary from my company, and was getting some money on the side to pay my kids tuition which was considered for me a raise, even though… Read more »
Bank deposited money in my account
Question: Hi I live in Israel and a while back one of the big Israeli banks where I use the ATM often deposited money in my US account, not much… Read more »
Duplicate product sent
Question: Shalom, A seller who has a small company in Europe, sold me a product from his company (in such a small company he’s both owner and customer service guy)… Read more »
Responsibility for payment
Question: I did an order with a store (in Israel) before Pesach. Before my order was processed I gave them my credit card information over the phone. My card was… Read more »
Money received in my account
Question: B”H Shalom! Some days ago noticed that a insurance company which days before deposited a smaller amount after medical expenses,deposited more money. I did not receive any communication about… Read more »
Do we need to pay back refunds?
Question: Dear Din Online, I live in Israel. Our postal service here is notoriously poor. Because English-language books are hard to find locally, I sometimes order from internet websites. On… Read more »
Must I “Refund” the Refund?
Question: I purchased an item at an online shopping site. I was promised the item would arrive within 3 months – and if it did not arrive by the date… Read more »
found money
Question: A person found a hundred dollar bill on Shabbos and stepped on it, intending to pick it up after Shabbos (Shabbos would be over in about half an hour)…. Read more »
misplaced. טלית
Question: Someone by mistake took my Talis and left over his Talis a few weeks ago and it has no סימן the question is can I use it and can… Read more »
I found a new $5,000 gift card in the street of borough park, can I keep and use it?
Question: I found a new $5,000 gift card in the street of borough park, can I keep and use it? Answer: Thank you for your question. A gift card of… Read more »
Walmart sent me extras
Question: I do not believe they charged me for it, but they mistakenly sent extras of an item I ordered. Do I need to return them? Answer: If the company… Read more »
Money found in a yeshiva dormitory
Question: Do coins found underneath couch pillows belong to the one who found them? Thank you in advance! Answer: You can keep the money, and enjoy it, (just remember to… Read more »
Can one give evidence of the wrongdoing of another jew
Question: I witnessed a car accident with one driver very clearly at fault to everyone. A car drove right into the side of another car that was stopped at a… Read more »
cashing found check
Question: I found a NY State treasury refund check made out to a non-Jew what is the din may I cash it send back to NY state with letter that… Read more »
I received a sum of money by mistake
Question: My son collected for an organization (a Jewish one) and as a reward they gave him a debit card and they by mistake gave him a lot more than… Read more »
Returning lost pen found in Jewish parking lot
Question: I found about a 4 dollar pen half used in a public place,looks like it was there for a while before i found it. After i picked it up… Read more »
Returning lost pen
Question: I found about a 4 dollar pen half used in a public place,looks like it was there for a while before i found it. After i picked it up… Read more »
Returning money put into my bank account
Question: Shalom alechem. A jew deposited more money in my account that he was supposed. I noticed him through via w app. He saw the message but did not claim… Read more »
Hashavas aveida
Question: The mehadrin bus company advertised that they were bringing all the lost and found stuff to a place where everyone could pick it up. After a certain time everything… Read more »
Hashovas Aveidah to a gentile
Question: Dear Rav, I’m learning Eilu Metzios and I’m very troubled by the Halachah that Aveidas Akum is muteres. I understand that we’re not mechuyav to trouble ourselves to return… Read more »
Left the lights on in the shul
Question: Hello, if I usually learn in a shul and the one in charge of the lights asked me to turn off the lights when I leave and I agreed…. Read more »
Why no bracha on Hashuvas Aveida
Question: Why don’t we say a bracha on the mitzva of Hashuvas Aveida Answer: There are a few reasons for this . One reason is because we don’t make a… Read more »
Found gift
Question: Over a year ago my wife found a gift card next the entrance to our building. She put up a sign (then) and no one called. Can she use… Read more »
Previous tenant left item
Question: I rented out my basement apartment, and the Jewish tenant bought a new oven. They eventually moved out, leaving the oven. Obviously it’s not like they forgot it there,… Read more »
hashovas aveida
Question: I was on the train and found a wallet that, based on the ID inside it, belongs to a non-Jew. After considering what I should do and consulting with… Read more »
finding lost object
Question: there is a segula to say a certain paragraph (“אמר רבי בנימין etc.”) when one has lost something…in there it has the word אלקא…. when one is actually saying… Read more »
Lost items in Shul
Question: What’s the Eitza in a Shul not to have a problem with lost items and Hashovas Aveida..? Thank you very much! Answer: The eitza is that the shul should… Read more »
“Yiush”
Question: The scenario is if I asked someone if I can keep something, and the owner told me that it was fine that I keep it and that he was… Read more »
Hashavas aveideh
Question: My kids found closed pack of kids prize kind of glasses on my driveway & they wanna have it Left it outside on porch for few weeks to see… Read more »
Online shopping and error
Question: There is a company based in Israel that have an online website, and when I added 4 items to my basket, an additional discount came up which I believe… Read more »
Found money in yeshiva
Question: I found money in a yeshiva. It was a single bill, which I understand does not have a siman. Is it “better” to announce it? I am discussing a… Read more »
found money in shul
Question: Found money in shul without a simin can I keep it or does the shul keep it מדין חצר קונה Answer: It is only considered a חצר if it… Read more »
Sales of sefarim left behind in a yeshiva
Question: Someone was at a sale that a yeshiva made for sefarim left around yeshiva which were unclaimed. The yeshiva could not attempt to return the sefarim even with names… Read more »
Sefarim left behind in yeshiva become hefker
Question: Can a yeshiva decide that any old sefarim which were left around its premises become hefker even if they did not put up a sign? They will put up… Read more »
Follow Up..Checks Found
Question: In this question: https://dinonline.org/2017/07/09/checks-found/ The actual question was around checks found that the org. would have owed others (not charitable). I don’t know if these were paid with other… Read more »
Items left in a rented car
Question: Shalom. Thank you in advance. I rented a car from a frum company many times. This time i didnt get a chance to empty the stuff i had in… Read more »
Calling and repayment for a previously refunded item
Question: I ordered an item on Amazon and I received an email that it was delivered. After contacting Amazon and notifying Amazon that it was never delivered to me they… Read more »
Kiddush Hashem and hashovas aveida
Question: It has bothered me that sometimes, with regard to goyim something is not really wrong according to the torah, like we don’t have to return an aveidah to a… Read more »
Found items
Question: bs’d regarding https://dinonline.org/2017/02/03/hashavas-avaidah-in-bought-car/ for how long does the finder has an obligation as a shomer? starting when after finding the item he is allowed to own it? Answer: If… Read more »
Hashavas Avaidah in bought car
Question: I bought a car from second – hand store, there was a CD inside the player. The car originally was from a Yid, and the store owner is a… Read more »
Money found in house after Power of Sale
Question: While I understand that money found after a regular purchase has to be returned to the vendor, does this halachah change if the money found was in a house… Read more »
Returning articles when it is beneath my dignity.
Question: Why is it that when it comes to the mitzvah of preparing for Shabbos, a talmid chacham or an adam chashuv is not permitted to say, “It is beneath… Read more »
What do I do with a collection of lost items?
Question: We have a small collection of items, (scarf, shirt, umbrella, a bag of tissues, etc. [nothing of nearly significant value]) that have been left by us over the years…. Read more »
Found kamaia (amulet)
Question: hi, I walked into shul and found a kamaia written on a klaf with the text that Reb Shayala Kerestirer ztz”l used to write on many of his kamaias…. Read more »
Rental Car
Question: I found a pen in the car that I rented? Whose is it? Answer: You can keep the pen. We can assume that the owner gave up hope (מתייאש)… Read more »
Found Music CD
I found an mp3 cd in rental car that the non-jewish workers would have thrown out had they found it. The regular price of a blank cd is probably around… Read more »
Envelope Found in House
1. I am selling my house in NY State. I live in Maryland. 2. My real estate agent says that someone visiting my home found an envelope of money in… Read more »
