[Avodah] Are there limits on what must be returned

[Zev Sero]

On 29/07/2013 10:16 AM, Gershon Dubin wrote:
>
>   Rabbi: No need to return lost smartphone
>
> *Halachic ruling issued by Rabbi Karelitz says because advanced cellular phone is 'not kosher,' there is no obligation to give it back to its owner*
>
> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4396770,00.html
> Are there categories of items that need not be returned outside of our
> Eilu Metzios memories?  Or is this a whole new Halachic construct?

There's nothing new about this.   Given the premise that these phones are
assur to have, then it follows that one not only needn't return them but one
*may* not do so.

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