Found $ on the street

anonymous mom

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 9:01 am

amother OP wrote:

Not looking to keep it
At least give it to tzedaka so a yid can benefit

This is so twisted, I have no words!!!!

Persevere

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 9:01 am

I think those posters who are insulting OP, "you're weird" etc. are in the wrong...

For various reasons, some people just need things spelled out for them, especially the first time they run into a situation.

NechaMom

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 9:08 am

amother Natural wrote:

OP no one believes you

I believe her friend may have found money and they had an argument about it. A lot gets lost when you pretend you’re another person. So this thread is extremely fake. I don’t see why it was important to act so fake instead of saying it as it is. My friend found money...
No valid excuse to do it.

Last edited by NechaMom on Fri, Jul 21 2023, 9:29 am; edited 1 time in total

Highstrung

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 9:08 am

amother OP wrote:

But as per Halacha I have no obligation to return it

I’m surprised your rav didn’t mention the idea of making a kiddush HaShem.
I’ve had times where I receive a psak and I was told it was ok to do xy and z according to Halacha but it would be nice if I did ABC out of mentchlichkeit or whatever.
We can receive a heter or a psak in our favor yet still extend ourselves to make a kiddush HaShem.

NechaMom

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 9:10 am

Highstrung wrote:

Very possible that he did mention but it was omitted in the third person narrative.

amother

Seafoam

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 9:21 am

Iymnok wrote:

Interesting. Money that’s loose does not have a siman. It is called a metzia if you find it.
If you give it to a person who lost that amount in that area, you may be giving a gift. According to halacha it is problematic to gift a gentile. (Especially before their holiday, not relevant here). She may NOT be allowed to gift it to the cleaning lady.
It may be Midas Chassidus, or just a nice thing if the other person was a Jew.
I could be totally wrong.
Ask a Rav if it’s muttar to give it to the cleaning lady.

It was in an envelope which was a siman. You're not giving a gift because it already belongs to the cleaning lady.

amother

Papayawhip

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 10:01 am

Persevere wrote:

Maybe OP has autism, that would explain it.

amother

Stonewash

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 10:04 am

amother OP wrote:

To all those who think this is not true.. I promise this 10000 percent happened
Just im not the actual person who found the money
A frnd of mine did and this exactly was our very heated argument
But shes still stuck in her ways of halacha and does not think feelings come in here

I send her a link to this thread so she sees how pathetically wrong her thinking is
Hope it does her some good

Oh so you lied?

amother

Papayawhip

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 10:07 am

amother OP wrote:

That's not nice of you at all, you fooled all of us. You straight up lied. Not ok. Why couldn't you just tell the truth in the first place?

Highstrung

Fri, Jul 21 2023, 10:08 am

You could have just said that you and your friend were arguing about this scenario and what do we think.
[The thread is now locked because OP's main question was answered and also because people don't like the feeling of a gotcha post with this kind of setup. - mod]