[Avodah] Paper Towels

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 01:03:29PM -0500, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Is Shimon a gazlan/borrower without reshut from Reuvain  or does the
: shul somehow maintain ownership and it's kol hakodeim zacha (or is there
: some other rule)?

What if a person takes a tissue on Shabbos, did he make a qinyan?

What if he ate at your Shabbos table?

It would seem that the only way this box of tissues could be used is if
the shul still owned it but gave reshus, not ownership, to Re'uvein.

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:50:44PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: Short answer: YES, everything DOES need to be measured within the 
: Daled Amos of Halacha.
: 
: Longer answer:
: RYM makes an excellent case for why it should be allowed to take that 
: tissue. But just because we have an excellent case does not mean that 
: it is a guaranteed win...

However, if someone is living lifnim mishuras hadin, putting someone
out even when it is mutar to do so, then the question of heter is
only of abtract interest.

Kol hama'avir al midosav muvtach lo shehu ben olam haba. 

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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