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One of the more distinctive areas of Biblical law is the requirement to return lost property to its original owner. Generally, legal systems are concerned with the protection of property from harm, and its restitution in the event of damage by the culpable party. The novelty of the Biblical system is that people must restore property that they stumble across, regardless of fault.<\/span><\/p>\n

The noun that the Torah uses for such property is <\/span>avedah<\/span><\/em> \u2013 literally, \u201cthe lost [thing]\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n

And so should you do with his donkey and so should you do with his garment, and so you should do with every lost thing (<\/span>avedat<\/span><\/em>)<\/span> of your brother\u2019s that he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself. (Deuteronomy 22:3).<\/span><\/p>\n

Rabbinic law discussions the obligation to restore lost property in great detail, and even devotes an entire chapter to the topic. The first Mishnah of this chapter begins as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Which are the found items that belong to him [the finder], and which ones must he announce? (Mishnah Bava Metzia 2:1)<\/span><\/p>\n

Notably, the way the rabbis refer to lost objects is <\/span>metzi\u2018a<\/span><\/em> \u2013 literally \u201cthe found.\u201d Thus, the rabbis shift the focus from those <\/span>lost<\/em> <\/span>objects that one is required to return to the original owner, and those <\/span>found<\/em> <\/span>things that one\u00a0 is permitted to keep. According to the rabbis, only if there is some distinctive sign on the object, linking it to the owner, must one announce the find in order to return the object. Otherwise, it\u2019s the principle of \u201cfinders keepers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In this way, the Written Torah and the Oral Tradition present a complete ethical roadmap for helping people in times of need, and also helping oneself, when no harm comes to the original owners.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":51362,"id":51362,"title":"dt22-lost","filename":"dt22-lost.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-lost.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/lost-and-found\/dt22-lost\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"dt22-lost","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":51352,"date":"2019-03-14 07:31:11","modified":"2019-03-14 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