Halacha of Keeping Money Found Where I May Have Dropped It
Question
Hello,
I put down a paper somewhere in yeshiva and later put that paper back in my pocket. When I got home, I saw that I was missing 50 shekel. The next day, there was a sign that someone had found money in the place where I had put the paper. It was 50 shekel. It makes sense that the 50 shekel (which, although I am not positive, was very likely in the same pocket as the paper) could have come out with the paper without me realizing it, and when I took the paper back, I left the 50 shekel there.
Is this enough proof for me to keep the 50 shekel?
I put down a paper somewhere in yeshiva and later put that paper back in my pocket. When I got home, I saw that I was missing 50 shekel. The next day, there was a sign that someone had found money in the place where I had put the paper. It was 50 shekel. It makes sense that the 50 shekel (which, although I am not positive, was very likely in the same pocket as the paper) could have come out with the paper without me realizing it, and when I took the paper back, I left the 50 shekel there.
Is this enough proof for me to keep the 50 shekel?
Answer
Thank you for your question.
If it is a high chance that the money fell from your pocket, then you may claim it
Wishing you well.
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