[Avodah] Coat Room Mix-up

[Danny Schoemann]

> Did I do the right thing taking the coat in the first place?

No - as per KSA 182:12 and SA Chosen Mishpat 136.

Unless it was Pikuach Nefesh to be outside w/o a coat.

> What Mitzva did he do to be saved from Shatnez?

He didn't do any Mitzvot. He stole a coat, albeit inadvertently, one
could assume, but Odom Mu'ad L'Olam - a person is always responsible
for his actions.

Now every time he wears the coat he's stealing (due  to wear and tear
- and you haven't given up hope so there's no Yi'ush), and he's no
longer doing the sin of Sha'atnez - though he's not aware of
this/couldn't care less.

> What Aveira did I do to to be Nichshal in Shatnez?

Since you had more than a suspicion that there was Sha'atnez in this
model coat, I guess it would be the Torah prohibition of wearing
Shaatnez.

- Danny