[Avodah] [Areivim] hashovas aveirah

[Liron Kopinsky]

2009/3/17 <Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org>

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> http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/31510/No+Mitzvah+to+Return+Non-Kosher+Cellular+Telephone.html
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> this is akin to  the secular legal principle , where a judge won't
> adjudicate in small claims  when  eg a drug deal went bad ---because hands
> aren't clean.
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> so here too, no mitzva to return, a  non-kosher object......
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Previously I asked on Avodah if there was an obligation to return a razor to
someone if we know they are going to use it wrongly. We concluded then that
no, there is no obligation to return the razor.

A few cases to help clarify what the implications of this should be.
1) If it is a "non-kosher" phone and you know for a fact that the person is
using it for inappropriate uses - Should not be returned like the razor
2) If it is a "non-kosher" phone and you don't know what the person uses it
for - Why should you not have to return this object? If I find a wallet on
the street with money in it, and I'm not sure if the person is going to buy
a cheese-burger with that money or not I shouldn't return the object?
3) I find a computer on the street - Do I have to go through the computer's
history to see if the person is going to kosher websites before returning it
to him?

If it is a "kli she'mlachto l'issur" I would understand not being allowed to
return it. But a phone's inherent use is halachically permitted and it
shouldn't be up to me to try and control someone else's yetzer.

~Liron
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