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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #269 of 613

Not to ignore a lost object

שלא יתעלם מן האבידה

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The verse · Devarim 22:3

וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכׇל־אֲבֵדַת אָחִיךָ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאבַד מִמֶּנּוּ וּמְצָאתָהּ לֹא תוּכַל לְהִתְעַלֵּם

“In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and with every lost thing of thy brother’s, which he has lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayst not hide thyself.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to ignore a lost object, as [Deuteronomy 22:3] states: "You may not ignore it."

שלא יתעלם מן האבידה, שנאמר "לֹא תוּכַל לְהִתְעַלֵּם" (דברים כב, ג).

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Robbery and Lost Property הלכות גזילה ואבידה

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