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Trying to Return Lost Money in Bnei Brak

To The Editor,

A year ago we visited Eretz Yisroel, and were shopping one evening on Rechov Rabbi Akiva in Bnei Brak. I found something I required in one shop. As I fished for some change in my cash bag, the shopkeeper asked if there was any significance in the cash bag. I explained that all banks in England give change in such little plastic bags.

He then extracted from a safe place just such a cash bag containing a large sum of money in English banknotes. A customer had recently paid for his purchase and left the cash on the counter. He was keeping the aveidah until its owner would reclaim it!

A few weeks ago, we were again on Rabbi Akiva Street. I inquired of the shopkeeper whether the lost money had been claimed. He replied that a friend had put an advert in an English paper but no one had responded. He still keeps the money safe!

This is a real kiddush Hashem! Had the shopkeeper pocketed the money, no one would've known, but out of yiras Shomayim and a genuine desire to be meishiv aveidah he still keeps the lost money safe, "ad derosh ochicho oso." If the person who lost the money wishes to claim it, he can contact Mr. Yehuda Geltzer, at 03-579-2871 and give simonim.

Of this we can surely say, "Mi ke'amcho Yisroel."

Sincerely,

Mrs. Rutenberg

 

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