Must one return the price difference when buying an item for a friend and finding it cheaper? | Sheilot

Must one return the price difference when buying an item for a friend and finding it cheaper?

Question

Hello.

Question: A friend gave him 40 shekels to buy him an item, and he obtained it for 30 shekels. Must he return the difference?

Answer

Hello and blessing.

Yes, he must return the difference to him.

Answered 14 January 2026 How answers are reviewed
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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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