פרקים א-ג Flashcards
What happens if the store owner remembers which person he sold the item to?
You give it to that person
Why are people nervous to make a shevua?
If they break it they are scared to deal with hashem
Why can’t two people split the item (or the value of the item) without swearing?
Everyone will start lying
What is the halacha in a case where A says, “It’s all mine”, and B says, “It’s half mine”?
They split it 25 and 75 and they swear on gods name
What is the halacha if two people agree that they both got on to an ownerless animal at the same time?
They split it
What happens if the two people disagree and both say, “It’s all mine”, but there are witnesses that say they got on the animal at the same time?
Listen to the witnesses
Explain the way a person needs to tell another person to pick up an item for him if he wishes to acquire it.
You have to say can you pick this item up I want acquire it
What is a way that the man can say it where it won’t work and someone else can pick it up for themselves?
Pick it up
Can one fall on an item to acquire it?
No
Explain when a person can have his field acquire an animal for himself and when he can’t.
If the animal is injured and it walks your field and you say my field acquires this animal then it works.
Name three people that acquire an item and it goes to the husband/father/owner, and 3 people that acquire an item and it goes to themselves.
Someone under bar mitzvah, a non Jewish slave or a wife goes to the husband. If they’re over bar mitzvah, Jewish slave or divorced they keep it.
Name 2 documents that need to be returned to the author as opposed to the person that it says in the document
A divorced document and a will
Why do those 2 documents need to be returned to the author as opposed to the person that is says in the document?
Because maybe the person will change his mind
Name 1 document that is returned to the person it says in the document.
A court document
Why aren’t we worried that the author changed their mind?
Because the judge who wrote it won’t change his mind
What is a shinui?
A change in a item
What is the halacha about a brand new item that you found? Why?
You can keep it because there is no sign it being someone else’s
Why don’t you have to announce bread of a baker that you found
Because all bakery bread looks the same
Name an item that you have to announce?
A PS4 controller of controller
Why should you take a computer that is on top of a pile of dirt and announce it?
Because someone might take it
What happens if you find a pair of sunglasses on the cashier’s desk?
If it’s on the desk you give it the store if it’s not on the desk you keep it
What is yeiush?
To give up hope
Translate: Hamafkid-
One who give over
Why is the word “donkey” specifically said in the passuk talking about returning lost objects?
To teach you that when you find an item that is similar to a donkey, you need to announce the it. For example, a sign on a donkey=a sign on an item.
