1) If one rents a room in a hotel, nursing home, rehabilitation center and similar settings, and upon entering finds an item, if the item has a Siman it should be returned to the previous occupant, provided that it was a Jew. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 260:3 and Shach there Os 11)
If the item has no Siman, the finder can keep it. (ibid. and Sma Os 12)
2) The aforementioned Halacha applies only to a hotel like situation where the owner does not usually enter the rooms often.
However, in a small guest house or similar situation where the owner does indeed enter the rooms often, between guests, all the items that are found that have no Siman belong to the owner. If they do have a Siman, the owner is obligated to announce it and follow all the Halachos of Hashovas Aveidah. (If cleaning crews are employed to clean the rooms, the owner does not necessarily get to keep the found items. See Sefer Hashovas Aveida K'Halacha page 87 footnote 15 and 16 in detail)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
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Question:
Why do we switch to Mashiv Haruach right after succos and V'sain Tal U'Matar only in December?
Answer:
On sukkos we do the Nisuch Hamayim in the Bais Hamikdash, thus we start the praise of Mashiv HaRuach. (See Talmud beginning of Maseches Ta'anis)
However, V'sein Tal Umatar , which is a is a request for rain, does not beigin until later as rain on sukkos is not a good sign, we only ask for it closer to the rainy season which starts in Eretz Yisroel on 7 Cheshvan and in chutz l'aretz much later (in December), and finally because we dont want it to rain for those returning home after coming to the bais hamikdash for sukkos.(See also Talmud Taanis 10a)
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