<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The question was asked: <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; "><blockquote type="cite">One of the shabbatot in the last few weeks I spent in a hotel for a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">shabbaton, and one of the people who I was rooming with left a razor behind<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">when they left.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; ">Is there a mitzvah of Hashavat Aveida, or can I not return it because of the</span></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">obvious halachik implications of using it?</blockquote><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">I assume by a razor left behind, it wasn't just a razor alone but rather the shaving implement which is also referred to as a razor (as opposed to just a razor blade which could have </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">been used for something other than shaving).</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">If indeed it was a shaving razor, I'll answer the question with another question. If that same individual left behind a can of crabmeat, is there a mitzvah of hashavat aveida. I don't </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">think so.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">By the way, if it was after shiva asar b'Tammuz, you could have told him he shouldn't shave. (That's like saying what b'rocho do you make over lobster)?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="-webkit-monospace">ri</font></div></body></html>