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Q&A: A Woman’s Way

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A Woman’s Way

Question

I try to tithe from the money I earn.
My wife was walking in a fairly deserted forest near the community, and there is a road there that people once used to drive on, but nowadays maybe one car a day passes there, if that.
She took her cellphone out of her pocket and didn’t notice that along with it, two banknotes came out too 💸 and flew around the forest for their own enjoyment.
A few hours later she reconstructed where the money might be.
She said maybe it’s still on the road in the forest, let’s drive there.
I had pretty much given up, but I was happy that this time it was only two bills and not, again, the whole wallet with the documents, credit cards, etc… as is their way of getting lost.
But we drove there, and lo and behold, despite the winds, it was quietly waiting for us at one of the bends in the road.
Is that considered newly gained profit, so that I need to set aside tithing from it?
Or since this was money that had been in our possession and was lost, but it is ours and had already been tithed, is it exempt from tithing again?
 
 
 
 

Answer

There is no need to set aside tithing again. The money never left your possession, since you had not despaired of recovering it and no one else acquired it.

Discussion on Answer

nav0863 (2023-05-19)

Why is this not like something swept away by the sea?

Michi (2023-05-19)

Something swept away by the sea is a different case. Here it was lying in a place where it was possible to “rescue” it. And even regarding something swept away by the sea, one could discuss whether that makes it ownerless, or whether it only means that someone else is allowed to acquire it (as with despair of recovery, according to Netivot HaMishpat).

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