[Avodah] Are there limits on what must be returned

[Ben Waxman]

But why not dan l'kaf tzchut and assume that said Yid had no intention 
of eating it? He was ordering it for his non-Jewish friend or was going 
to give it to his dog (of course I am assuming that this particular 
piece of trief is not assur b'ha'na'ah).

Similarly with the Smartphone, OK, some say that it assur but why not 
return it so that the Jew can sell it or give it away?

Ben

On 7/29/2013 8:44 PM, Kenneth Miller wrote:
> Let's take a simpler example: I find a container of food, clearly marked with the name of the non-kosher restaurant that it came from - perhaps it was take-out that got lost, or a delivery that didn't arrive. It even has the name and address of the Jew who would eat it, so one cannot claim that it was unmarked or that yiush of some other form applies. If it were kosher, there'd certainly be an obligation to return it.