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What Can a Shul or Mikvah do About the Many Aveidos Left on The Premises?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Question: What can a shul or mikvah do if it finds itself overloaded with aveidos that people lef

If I Find money in a Store, Do I Have to Return it to the Storeowner?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Baruch Fried Question: I was in a supermarket and found $10 in front of the customer service

Is There an Obligation of Hashavas Aveidah on an Item Lost by a Child?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org   Question: In my development, there are many scooters, coats, toys, etc., which were obviously

If Someone is Not Careful with his Own Item, do I Have an Obligation to Return it to Him?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Baruch Fried Question: A man has a private jar of coffee, which he keeps in shul. One day, I

Can a Married Woman be Meya’esh on an Aveidah?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Baruch Fried Question: A fellow is walking in a totally non-Jewish neighborhood and finds a

Does The Concept of “Odom Memashmesh B’Kiso” Still Apply Today?

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Is Someone Who Failed to Perform the Mitzvah of Hashavas Aveidah Liable to Pay for The Loss He Caused?

  Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org   Rav Baruch Fried Question: Someone lost an item, which was worth a significant amount of mon

What Should I Do if I Find a Large Sum of Money on Shabbos?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Baruch Fried Question: Someone is walking in the street on Shabbos and finds a large sum of

Is There a Mitzvah of Hashavas Aveida for an Akum?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Baruch Fried Question: Reuven is walking in the street in a place where no Jews live and he

I Found an Abandoned Grocery Bag. What Do I Need To Do?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Baruch Fried Question: Yankel was shopping in Walmart. When he gets back to his car, he sees

If Someone Gives a Gift Only Because He Promised to Do So, Is That a Valid Matanah?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Question: A man told his new son-in-law that he would give him a silv

Can a Modaah Overturn a Partnership Dissolution Agreement Signed Under Duress? 

   Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Question: Two partners want to dissolve their partnership but are

How Can someone Protect Himself From a Modaah? 

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Can One Make A Modaah to Annul a Settlement He Made Under Threat of Being Taken to Secular Court?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Questions: Two individuals have a din Torah and the Dayanim rule in a

If a Contractor Raises The Price in The Middle of Construction, Will a Modaah Work to Negate The New Terms?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Question: Yankel is building an extension on his house and he hires a

How Can a Shtar Modaah Work if The Witnesses Don’t Know All of The Facts? 

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Question: In the last segment, we said that witnesses who sign a Moda

What is a Modaah and How Does it Work?

Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Rav Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Question: We have stated that a forced sale is valid but the seller ha

Is a Forced Settlement of 50 cents on the Dollar Valid? 

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org  Rav Dovid Josilowsky Question: I did a lot of business with someone and that person now owes me

Can Someone Force a Sale on a Mashkon That Is In His Possession?

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org  Rav Dovid Josilowsky Question: Reuven asks his associate, Shimon, for a loan of $100k. Shimon o

If Someone Takes His Friend’s Item Without Consent and Pays for It, Is the Sale Valid? 

 Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org  Rav Yosef Dovid Josilowsky Question: A fellow walks into someone’s house, picks up an item that