Questions tagged [shomrim-bailees]
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A shomer chinam whose bailor never returns
Suppose someone gives me something to watch. "Watch this for me, and I'll be back soon," he says, perhaps specifying a time, and I agree. And then he never returns and I have no way of finding him.
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What is the Halachah if someone lost an object despite efforts to protect it?
If someone charged with guarding an object took protective precautions, but it nonetheless disappeared, what is the Halachah?
Let us assume they were not paid for their guardianship, nor were they ...
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Making restitution for a "missing" ox: a question on the Mishna
There are four classes of people who are entrusted with items of value (Bava Metzia 7:8, Shevuot 8:1): one who looks after it as a favour, one who does so for a fee, one who borrows it and one who ...
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Does a borrower-lender / borrower-bailor have a claim against his borrower/bailee?
If a shoel (someone who borrowed non-fungible personalty) re-lent the borrowed item to a further borrower (which he may not do), the original borrower (i.e., the relender) is liable to the original ...
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Who is responsible for damage to something that was used at the owner's request?
Suppose you ask someone to use something that belongs to you, so that you can benefit from their use of it. For example, you (voluntarily) give a camera to someone you know to take a picture (of you)....
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If I left my kitchen under the control of someone who is a Gentile or not Shomer Shabbos, is it still kosher?
If I left my kitchen (or set of kosher dishes, etc.) with someone who is a) not Jewish or b) Jewish but not shomer Shabbos--in such a way that they could access it and hypothetically do anything they ...
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Is Earth a gift from Hakadosh Baruch Hu?
I have always been confused by the entrustment of the earth to Adam. Is the earth a gift, or do we merely have stewardship? Do any rabbbanim state an opinion, particularly whether any Acharonim weigh ...
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What right did Rivka have to use Eisav's coat against him? [duplicate]
The midrashim bring that Rivka dressed up Yaakov in Eisav's special coat (originally given to Adam) that he used to serve his father. [See Rashi on 27:15 for partial source.]
Since Rivka was ...
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Unpaid Guardian Holding Object
If there was no duration assigned originally, when must an unpaid guardian return an object he was protecting? (e.g., Tom guards Harry's money for a couple weeks for free, but when Harry returns to ...
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Are a shomer sachar and a nosey sachar synonyms?
In a couple areas of Bava Kamma and Bava Metziah I've seen the term נושא שכר listed with a shomer chinam, a socher, and a sho'el. Is the noseh sakhar a synonym for a shomer sachar, or are these ...
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Ownership of customer's chametz by a Jew owning a delivery receipt business
Recently our rabbi gave a lecture from the Mishna Brurah concerning the obligation to divest oneself of ownership and possession of chametz during Pesach. The rabbi noted that if you accepted ...
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Can you please help me with this rashi? [closed]
ולא אמרינן - כשזה תובע וזה אומר איני יודע אם לך אם לחברך אוקי ממונא בחזקת נתבע זה שלא נפסידנו ממונו ויהא מונח עד שיבא אליהו:
http://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Bava_Metzia.37a.25?lang=he&layout=...
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Hatarat nedarim for shomrim
If someone makes a vow to someone else to become either a shomer chinam or shomer Sakhar for someone else’s property can they do hatarat nedarim for that (assuming of course they inform the person and ...
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