Mitzvah of shiluach haken in a rented apartment
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Question
I want to fulfill the mitzvah of shiluach haken (sending away the mother bird). The nest is on the windowsill in an apartment that I am renting. At first I did not intend to acquire ownership of the nest or the eggs, and now I am asking: Do I need to ask the landlord as well to renounce any claim to the nest, since perhaps he is considered to have acquired it when I do not wish to acquire it? Or, since I am the tenant, does the landlord have no right at all to the nest, and therefore I do not need him to renounce it?
Answer
Shalom and blessings.
The landlord does not acquire the nest and does not need to renounce any rights to it.
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