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# Stealing is prohibited even if one is taking a friend's possession as a practical joke or to annoy him, even if he has every intention of returning the item after the joke has run its course. <ref>ב"מ סא:ערה"ש שמח</ref> | # Stealing is prohibited even if one is taking a friend's possession as a practical joke or to annoy him, even if he has every intention of returning the item after the joke has run its course. <ref>ב"מ סא:ערה"ש שמח</ref> | ||
# Even if one takes an item from his friend to benefit his friend it is prohibited. For instance, one cannot take an old garment from his friend with the intention of buying him a new one. One cannot also take away something from someone to teach him a lesson. The one exception to this rule is a teacher who is able to confiscate an item to discipline the class. While the teacher should return the item, if the teacher feels that discipline will only be achieved with the destruction of the item he may do so. <ref>ב"מ סא:,ש"ע שנט:ב,שאילתות נח שאילתא ד, רב זלמן נחמיה גולדברג מתיר ברבי משום דרשאי להכות את תלמידו</ref> | # Even if one takes an item from his friend to benefit his friend it is prohibited. For instance, one cannot take an old garment from his friend with the intention of buying him a new one. One cannot also take away something from someone to teach him a lesson. The one exception to this rule is a teacher who is able to confiscate an item to discipline the class. While the teacher should return the item, if the teacher feels that discipline will only be achieved with the destruction of the item he may do so. <ref>ב"מ סא:,ש"ע שנט:ב,שאילתות נח שאילתא ד, רב זלמן נחמיה גולדברג מתיר ברבי משום דרשאי להכות את תלמידו</ref> | ||
# One cannot even take someone else's item to avoid a sickness or pain even if he intends to repay in full. If the situation is life-threatening one may steal but must pay back afterwards. Chazal also permit using someone else's item to prevent a sudden lost. For instance, if one's bottle of whiskey suddenly cracked one may one use someone else's utensil to catch the whiskey before it all leaks out. This is only on the condition that he will pay the owner afterward if the owner lost money such as if one poured out soda or milk from the other person’s vessel to save the whiskey. <ref>שו"ע הרב גזילה סע' ב, שו"ע שנט:ד,שמח:ב</ref> | |||
# If a candyman was giving out lollipops to little children and one child aggressively took many lollipops at the expense of another child, the father cannot grab a lollipop from the aggressive kid and give it to his own son. This only applies if the person giving out lollipops did not care who gets and how many, and thus gave the lollypop for the aggressive child. However, if the candyman wanted everyone to get equally, then the child who took too many lollipops is a thief, and one can take a lollypop away from him. <ref>שו"ע שמח:ב, רמג:טו</ref> | |||
# Stealing equally applies to an institution such as a shul or Yeshiva. For instance, if Yeshiva guys are really hungry and want to break into the Yeshiva kitchen to have a snack, they would be stealing. The management of the intuition is empowered by the donors to decide how the institution’s assets are to be used. They are like treasurers of the Beis Hamikdash in this case and have the authority to decide how and when to give to others. <ref>אמרי יעקב סי' ז, בשם שו"ת שבט הלוי ו:קסג, רב זלמן נחמיה גולדברג, רב שכטר</ref> | |||
==Benefiting from stolen goods== | ==Benefiting from stolen goods== | ||
