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===Borrowing without Permission=== | ===Borrowing without Permission=== | ||
see [[Borrowing without Permission]] | see [[Borrowing without Permission]] | ||
==Purchasing Stolen Merchandise== | |||
# It is prohibited to buy merchandise that is or appears to be stolen.<ref>Baba Kama 118b-119b, Rambam Geneva 5:1 and Gezela 5:1, Shulchan Aruch 356:1 (regarding geneva) and 369:1 (regarding gezela), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 182:8, Aruch Hashulchan 358:1, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 69, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1469 Rabbi Eli Mansour], [https://torah.org/learning/business-halacha-5757-vol1no33/ Rabbi Aron Tendler], [https://www.aish.com/ci/be/the_jewish_ethicist_stolen_merchandise.html Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir] </ref> | |||
# It is even prohibited to buy something that was stolen by a non-Jew from another non-Jew.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 69-70 based on Shulchan Aruch Harav Gezela 23, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 182:8</ref> | |||
==Zeh Neheneh Zeh Lo Chaser== | ==Zeh Neheneh Zeh Lo Chaser== | ||
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<p class="indent">On the other hand, he writes that the Mishna (B”B 20b) speaks of people having the legitimate right to complain that their neighbors make too much noise with their guests and prevent them from sleeping. The Meiri on that Mishna describes such an action as intangible damage and not stealing. Based on the Meiri, the Mishneh Halachot prefers to say that waking someone up is an issue of damage and not stealing.<ref>Shevet HaLevi 7:224 agrees</ref> Regarding a waking up someone who is sick and needs his sleep, certainly waking them up is forbidden just like damaging them physically. Lastly, Rav Klein writes that wasting someone’s time in it of itself is stealing because time is the most valuable thing a person has.<br> | <p class="indent">On the other hand, he writes that the Mishna (B”B 20b) speaks of people having the legitimate right to complain that their neighbors make too much noise with their guests and prevent them from sleeping. The Meiri on that Mishna describes such an action as intangible damage and not stealing. Based on the Meiri, the Mishneh Halachot prefers to say that waking someone up is an issue of damage and not stealing.<ref>Shevet HaLevi 7:224 agrees</ref> Regarding a waking up someone who is sick and needs his sleep, certainly waking them up is forbidden just like damaging them physically. Lastly, Rav Klein writes that wasting someone’s time in it of itself is stealing because time is the most valuable thing a person has.<br> | ||
[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/740894/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-gezel-sheina-stealing-sleep/ Ten Minute Halacha - Gezel Sheina Stealing Sleep by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] </p> | [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/740894/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-gezel-sheina-stealing-sleep/ Ten Minute Halacha - Gezel Sheina Stealing Sleep by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] </p> | ||
==Laws for a Store Owner== | ==Laws for a Store Owner== | ||
