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==Worth a Perutah== | ==Worth a Perutah== | ||
# There isn't a mitzvah to return an object worth less than a Perutah. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch 259:2 and 262:1 based on Gemara Baba Metzia 27a, Mamon Yisrael (Halachos of Others People’s Money by Rav Pinchas Bodner, pg 149. see note 33 there that if the item is worth more than that to the one who lost, Rav Moshe Feinstein holds that the item must be returned </ref> Therefore, one who finds such an item may leave it or keep it.<Ref> Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 149</ref> | # There isn't a mitzvah to return an object worth less than a Perutah. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch 259:2 and 262:1 based on Gemara Baba Metzia 27a, Mamon Yisrael (Halachos of Others People’s Money by Rav Pinchas Bodner, pg 149. see note 33 there that if the item is worth more than that to the one who lost, Rav Moshe Feinstein holds that the item must be returned </ref> Therefore, one who finds such an item may leave it or keep it.<Ref> Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 149</ref> | ||
For the purpose of this halacha, in America (when the sefer was published in 5763 (2003)), one can consider the perutah to be a quarter, as it is the lowest denomination coin that is useable for buying something.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 149-150 </ref> | # For the purpose of this halacha, in America (when the sefer was published in 5763 (2003)), one can consider the perutah to be a quarter, as it is the lowest denomination coin that is useable for buying something.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 149-150 </ref> | ||
==Forfeiture== | ==Forfeiture== | ||
