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#It is not considered stealing to borrow an item that will surely not be damaged from use, that nobody objects when others borrow it. For example, since nobody minds when you use their hanger, sit on their chair, or wash your hands with their washing cup, it is not considered stealing to borrow it. <ref>S"A Harav Hilchot She'ela Seif 5 based on Ritva Baba Metzia 41a, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 59. However, he writes that if the owner is around, one should still ask permission </ref>However, if a significant minority would object, even if not the majority, it may not be used without permission.<ref>S"A Harav Hilchot She'ela Seif 5, Shu"t Igrot Moshe OC 5:20:5, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 60 </ref> Certainly, if the owner is standing there and objects to your usage, it would be stealing to use it anyway.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 60 note 145, Maharsham 227 </ref> Additionally, if the borrower is aware of some reason that the owner might object, he may not use it without his permission.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 60 | #There is a disagreement between ''Poskim'' about whether knowledge that the owner would not object to you borrowing his things without specific permission is sufficient justification.<ref>Shach 359:1 says that you can use someone's things without specific permission if you know the owner would not mind. The Tosefot on Bava Metziya 22b disagrees. The Gemara on Bava Metziya 22b brings a story of some Amoraim who are invited by a sharecropper to eat some crops from the field he was working on. Two of the Amoraim ate with the sharecropper, but one refused. Tosefot understands that the disagreement between the Amoraim could not have been regarding whether the owner of the field would mind for them to eat from his crops, as surely all of the AMoraim would agree that it is not permitted to eat from crops without the owner's explicit permission. The Ketzot 359:1 agrees with Tosefot.</ref> However, there is a distinction between "using" and "using up" in this context, as perhaps even the position that doesn't allow relying on implicit permission would permit using an item that would remain unchanged upon borrowing temporarily.<ref>Sefer Mishpittei HaTorah 1:52, quoted by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz in an online Shiur , 'Using Your Roomates Stuff Without Permission' (https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/924635/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-using-your-roomates-stuff-without-permission/).</ref> | ||
##If it is clear that the owner does not object, one may borrow the item without permission. For example, if in the past one regularly borrows a particular item, it indicates that the owner does not object, the person may use that type of item without asking permission.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 61 </ref> | |||
#It is not considered stealing to borrow an item that will surely not be damaged from use, that nobody objects when others borrow it. For example, since nobody minds when you use their hanger, sit on their chair, or wash your hands with their washing cup, it is not considered stealing to borrow it. <ref>S"A Harav Hilchot She'ela Seif 5 based on Ritva Baba Metzia 41a, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 59. However, he writes that if the owner is around, one should still ask permission </ref> However, if a significant minority would object, even if not the majority, it may not be used without permission.<ref>S"A Harav Hilchot She'ela Seif 5, Shu"t Igrot Moshe OC 5:20:5, Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 60 </ref> Certainly, if the owner is standing there and objects to your usage, it would be stealing to use it anyway.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 60 note 145, Maharsham 227 </ref> Additionally, if the borrower is aware of some reason that the owner might object, he may not use it without his permission.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 60</ref> | |||
===Items Used for Mitzvot=== | ===Items Used for Mitzvot=== | ||
