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  <DIV>One of the shabbatot in the last few weeks I spent in a hotel for a 
  shabbaton, and one of the people who I was rooming with left a razor behind 
  when they left.<BR><BR>Is there a mitzvah of Hashavat Aveida, or can I not 
  return it because of the obvious halachik implications of using 
  it?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Kol Tuv,<BR>~Liron<BR><SPAN class=119171112-06062008><FONT 
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  <DIV><SPAN class=119171112-06062008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Do you know 
  for a fact that it was a he (I hope so) and that he used it for his 
  face?&nbsp; If not, why wouldn't&nbsp;there be a mitzvah of hashavat aveida 
  (and of general discussion</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>of 
  issues around shaving, just in case)<BR><BR>KT<BR>Joel 
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