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===In an Institution=== | ===In an Institution=== | ||
# It is appropriate for the administration of a public establishment (such as in a dormitory or the like) to put up a sign or make an announcement notifying its constituents that objects that are left there until a certain date may be disposed of. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A C”M 259,271 #28). see similarly in Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 185 in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe C.M. 2:45:2), Minchat Yitzchak 8:146, and Shu"t Shevet Halevi 9:308 </ref> The notice should be displayed prominently. <Ref> Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 186</ref> | # It is appropriate for the administration of a public establishment (such as in a dormitory or the like) to put up a sign or make an announcement notifying its constituents that objects that are left there until a certain date may be disposed of.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A C”M 259,271 #28). see similarly in Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 185 in the name of Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe C.M. 2:45:2), Minchat Yitzchak 8:146, and Shu"t Shevet Halevi 9:308 </ref> The notice should be displayed prominently.<Ref> Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 186</ref> | ||
===In a Shul=== | |||
#If someone finds a lost object in a shul or the social hall of the shul and it doesn't have a siman, he may keep it.<ref>Magen Avraham 154:23 quoting the Aguda on Meilah, Mishna Brurah 154:59</ref> | |||
==What Items Must be Returned== | ==What Items Must be Returned== | ||
