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A lost item that no one claims

Question

A boy moved into a new yeshiva dormitory and saw a shirt there that for a long time already no one has claimed. What should he do?

Answer

Shalom u’vracha.

He may take it for himself.

Answered 14 January 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Siman 136, se’if 2 in the Nosei Kelim.

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