1) If due to being busy with picking up and returning a lost item it will cause the finder to arrive late to work and thus cause him to lose part of his [hourly] wages, he is exemt from busying himself with the item in the first place.
2) However, if the hours lost can be made up by staying at work later or otherwise, and thus not cause any loss in wages, he is obligated in all the Halachos of Hashovas Aveidah. (See Hashovas Aveida K'Halacha page 100 footnote 7 )
QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
These Q&A are taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
Questions can be emailed to HalachaForToday@Gmail.com
Question:
I've heard that there is a problem with eating the end of a loaf of bread or Challah. Is there any basis to this in Halacha?
Answer:
Many people make this error, thinking it causes forgetfulness (Kashe L'Shikcha), however there is no real Halachic source for this. If one has this minhag in his family he should stick to it, otherwise there is no need to embrace this custom.
CHIZUK CORNER
This
section is dedicated L'Ilui Nishmos the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav
Chaim Yaakov Stein Zatzal , the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Noson Tzvi
Finkel Zatzal and the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Ohr, the great Posek
HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Zatzal.
May we all strive to follow in their ways and may they be Melitzei Yosher for all of Klal Yisroel.
We
will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short inspirational thought to
help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in
heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
What does a hurricane have to do with loshon hora?
The
Ben Ish Chai (in Ben Yehoyada Brachos 59) explains that hurricanes are
created by loshon hora. The following is a short synopsis.
The
connection between hurricanes and the sanctity of speech can be seen in
the pasuk in Amos (4:13) which says "Hashem creates mountains and
storms to teach a person what he has spoken."
The posuk starts with Hashem creating mountains and ends with mentioning the speech of man.
Why?
Hashem
created giant mountains whose sole purpose is to diminish the winds of
His great storms. Without those mountains, chas v'shalom, when
hurricanes strike they would totally destroy allbuildings and houses. Instead Hashem first sends
the winds to strike the mountains, which diminish their great strength,
before "allowing" them to strike places where people live.
But why, asks the Ben Ish Chai, is there a need for such great hurricane winds in the first place?
He answers "Hurricanes are created by the aveira of improper speech, loshon hora."
The
Ben Ish Chai teaches us that after witnessing a great hurricane, every
person should learn great musar from it, to guard themselves from the
sin of improper speech.
Submitted by daily reader, R.S.; taken from the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation
Important Numbers
