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From: Russell Hendel <rhendel@saber.towson.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 20:38:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Jewish Law prohibits theft of objects & services

Jonathan Schiff in v33n11 raises the fascinating issue of whether "theft
is explicitly defined anywhere in Jewish law as referring to both
material objects as well as services"

Yes! This is a beautiful Sifrah! More! It is explicitly formulated in
the CHumash itself. The sifrah commenting on the five types of denial
listed in Lv05-21:22 says that the Torah formulated 5 types of "theft"
(a) denial of a deposit--so the initial transfer of property was by consent
(b) denial of loan---unlike a deposit only the value of money is returned
(c) theft--I take property without the persons consent
(d) witholding wages--I have stolen a service, not goods
(e) not returning a lost article--the owner doesn't know who 'has it'
All these prohibitions are explicitly brought down in Jewish Law.
A fuller account can be found in the RashiYomi series at the rashi website at
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Russell Jay Hendel; Dept of Math; Towson Univ; RHendel@Towson.Edu
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