Q&A: Ownership
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Ownership
Question
Is ownership defined in the person or in the object? And in your opinion, what practical difference follows from between them?
Answer
I didn’t understand the question.
Discussion on Answer
Meaning, is it a social convention or a metaphysical matter?
See my article “What Is a Halakhic Effect?”.
And also here: https://mikyab.net/%d7%9b%d7%aa%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9d/%d7%9e%d7%90%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d/%d7%93%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%99-%d7%94%d7%a7%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9f-%d7%91%d7%94%d7%9c%d7%9b%d7%94-%d7%95%d7%91%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%a4%d7%98
Sorry—forgive me. I mean: my ownership of the object, whether that is a law that applies to the person or to the object.