1) One who finds a lost item that belongs jointly to two people (shutfim, partners,) must return it to them, provided that each of them owns at least the value of a Prutah in the item.
2)If, however, one or both of the partners do not own a perutah's worth of the item, there is no obligation to return the item to any of them. (See S'ma Siman 262:5)
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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:
Where do we learn out in the Torah that a man must wear a yarmulka (Kippah)?
Answer:
It isn't clearly in the pesukim, it is derived by Chazal (based on pesukim). See Kiddushin 31a, Shabbos 156b and Berachot 60b where we are taught that covering the head brings to fear of heaven, and also glorifies Hashem.
The Shulchan Aruch (Siman 8 ) rules that one may not go 4 Amos without a head covering. The Taz (Orach Chaim Siman 8:3) rules that even sitting in one place should not be done with a bare head.
The Mishna Berura (Siman 2:11, quoting the Shla HaKadosh) even says that a man should sleep with a Yarmulka (Though, this is not M'Ikar HaDin)
Regarding saying Hashem's name or even walking into a shul with a bare head, that is even more stringent (See Shulchan Aruch Siman 91)
Although in biblical times, and even in the times of the Gemara it isn't clear if they did indeed cover their heads, it is a custom that Klal Yisroel has accepted upon themselves, and now has the severity of a halacha, and may not be treated leniently.
See also Q&A #13 Here.
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I received the following email from a daily reader this past Thursday evening and am sharing it with all of you, with his permission:
...I wanted to express my thankfulness for your halachah emails that you've been sending out. Especially since you've been discussing the topic of hashovas aveida.
Usually I read the emails but during the hashovas avaida topic I would just scan the email and not really read it. I did this because I thought that it wasn't l'maaisa (practical).
But I did remember you saying how important it is to do the mitzva and that just ignoring the chaifetz is problematic and that I have to publicize the found object.
Today me and my friend found an expensive cell phone in the snow in Queens, NY, and we guessed that the person probably didn't have "Yiush" and they were probably still looking for it (although I think that even with yiush the halacha wouldn't change here).
Had it not been for the daily emails I probably would've left the phone there not caring (or knowing) that i was obligated to return it. The phone was broken and I figured that I'll just leave it there for someone else to deal with it or maybe that the owner would come back.
But I went out of my way to post a sign where it was found with my number. Sure enough, I got a call from the owner and he identified that it was his (the phone number was on the back so I used that as a siman).
Tomorrow I'YH he's coming to queens to pick it up. I want to just thank you for sending out your emails because without them (especially because it's the current topic) I wouldn't of had the chizuk to make sure to leave a note and do this special mitzva (and B'H He's Jewish too).
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