Shekalim 20: Finders Keepers

Talking Talmud · Apr 10, 2021 · 22m

More on things that are found, the status of which is unknown. Specifically, items found in dangerous settings, where the likelihood of the owner thinking that he or she would still get it back is negligible. For example, the clutches of a lion. Thus, they relinquish ownership: "ye'ush" - despairing of ever getting that item back again. Including public thoroughfares, which leads to the presumption that the majority of people in Jerusalem are Jewish, which has halakhic implications for found items, specifically when it comes to kashrut. Why not publicize things for their original owners to…