Ask The Rabbi

Ask The Rabbi

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Lost and found

The Rav Name: Rabbi Boaz Yurkowitz

I found a wallet with a large sum of money and other valuables, it belongs to a non-Jew. Do I have to return it?

You are not obligated to return it, however if you do, it sanctifies the Name of Heaven very greatly, and that is a big Mitzvah.

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