tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post339005987243521282..comments2024-03-28T18:05:05.267+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Good people Return 42000 NIS and Tefillin To OwnerRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-78306405545847611002012-08-08T13:06:50.895+03:002012-08-08T13:06:50.895+03:00An anti segula causing you to forget? It is true t...An anti segula causing you to forget? It is true that since the bag serves to hold the tefillin, it gains a level of kedusha and hence should not be used to hold anything else. Perhaps the money, etc. was in the outer bag, which holds the actual tefillin bag. In that case, one may keep other items in the bag as this is the accepted purpose.tefillin rabbihttp://www.stam.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-48485345031060692992012-06-27T22:06:43.592+03:002012-06-27T22:06:43.592+03:00You should never put anything other than tefillin ...You should never put anything other than tefillin (and perhaps a small siddur) into a tefillin bag. It's an anti-segulah that could cause you to forget it somewhere!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760733574758883958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-3382611206288507432012-06-27T19:42:34.021+03:002012-06-27T19:42:34.021+03:00A gemach doesn't usually give you cash. They ...A gemach doesn't usually give you cash. They give you a check. So he probably went door-to-door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-75988731158255628922012-06-27T15:51:30.373+03:002012-06-27T15:51:30.373+03:00you are probably right. there is a halachic debate...you are probably right. there is a halachic debate in such a situation what the correct thing to do is - do you fulfill hashavat aveida by giving it in to lost and found, because that is where the loser will look for it, or do you as the finder have the obligation to look for the loser yourself, to the best of your ability..<br /><br />with that amount of money, I think I might do it myself. As a matter of fact, by turning it in one is just exposing more people to the potential accusations if something might have happened.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-89070051617763573132012-06-27T15:42:52.955+03:002012-06-27T15:42:52.955+03:00Rafi has told us that
" ... if I had found s...Rafi has told us that<br /><br /><i>" ... if I had found such a tefillin bag with money I would definitely have tried to locate the owner myself and not deposited it in the lost and found."</i> <br /><br />Maybe, Rafi - and I am definitely <i>not</i> denigrating that. <br /><br />However, the loss took place on Egged property so the finder could either have taken his find to the Police, or handed it in to Egged's lost and found department. <br /><br />As R' Eliyahu (the owner) went directly to Egged, which was the logical thing to do in the circumstances, he "got a result" as we say here in Jersey.<br /><br />If the finder had decided to make his own enquiries he would probably have exposed himself to all sorts of (false) accusations that ב"ה we do not need to discuss further.Darth Zeidahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885872955106929227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-80531344636065273822012-06-27T13:57:05.956+03:002012-06-27T13:57:05.956+03:00Where did he raise so much money? Simple, he went ...Where did he raise so much money? Simple, he went to a Gemach. There are plenty of gemachim in Jerusalem (Ahavas Chesed across the street from the Mir, for example) that will easily loan $10,000 for a chasnah. Usually, you have to arrange things a few months in advance.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13519528474966337749noreply@blogger.com