1)
If the person who finds the lost object is a respectable elderly
person, a Talmid Chacham (Torah scholar) [or another person of stature,
be it familial or societal], for whom picking up and carrying the lost
object is beneath his dignity, it is permitted for him to turn his eyes
away from it and not pick it up. (Mishna Bava Metzia 29b, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat Siman 263:1 and Shulchan Aruch HaRav Hilchos Metziah U'Pikadon 36)
2)
Since this can be an arbitrary classification which people can wrongly
rely on to not return lost objects, Chazal instituted the following
guidelines to follow before determining if one's stature absolves him
from picking up a lost object:
How
would he act if it were his own item? If indeed he would not pick up
and carry the item, even if it was his own due to it truly being below
his dignity and an act that would cause him, or the Torah he represents,
embarrassment, then he is absolved from picking up a similar item that
belongs to someone else. (Shulchan Aruch ibid.)
However,
in a case where a person would indeed not pick up his own item, but the
dignity he is protecting is not authentic (rather due to his Ga'avah,
haughtiness, where he imagines himself to be more dignified than he
actually is, but other people would not see it as below his dignity to
pick up an item, carry it and return it) it does not absolve him from
the obligation to return someone else's lost item. (Shulchan Aruch HaRav Hilchos Metziah U'Pikadon 36)
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QUESTION:
Would a divorced
man or woman that was getting remarried (to a NEW person) be required
to make a new birchas "Shehechiyanu" on their 2nd marriage (in-spite of
having already made this bracha at their 1st wedding), or perhaps a
bracaha of "H'atov V'hamaytiv" or neither (i.e. is there just a once in a
lifetime "Shehechiyanu" requirement for this typically once in a
lifetime event OR would it be perceived more along the lines of buying
an additional suit/clothing etc.)
ANSWER:
Why do you assume that on a first marriage the bracha of shehechiyanu is recited?
In fact, according to
virtually all Poskim, for various reasons, the Bracha of Shehechiyanu is
not recited upon getting married.
At most, if a Shehechiyanu is recited on a new fruit, it can exempt the new marriage as well.
Therefore, on a second
marriage it is surely not recited, but can be exempted with a new fruit
or new garment if so desired. (See Shu"t MaHarik 128:2 and Shu"t Chasam
Sofer Orach Chaim Siman 55 and Kaf haChaim Siman 223:25).
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knock here . . . and a punch here. We think it's all a waste.
We would like to get along
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Part of our being in this world is involuntary perfection.
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