A Lost Item in the Middle of the Road
Question
Shalom.
I found a screwdriver-drill in the middle of the road. Do I have to announce the find? And what should I do if I put up a notice and no one comes to claim it?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
If it has an identifying sign (siman), you must announce it (the model is not considered an identifying sign). If you announced it for a week and no one came to claim it, you may use it, while recording all the details.
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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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See Shulchan Aruch, siman 262 regarding an item that has an identifying sign, and siman 267, se’if 24, on the law of “ראה היאך תשיבנו לו” (“See how you shall return it to him”).
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