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Questions tagged [gezel-stealing]

stealing, theft, robbery, you name it

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Is taking disposable utensils considered stealing?

My friends and I are debating whether or not stockpiling disposable utensils from our university dining hall would be considered גזלה (eg taking 10 spoons at once to use for cereal in your own room). Can anyone think of any מקורות that would shed…
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Stealing from big chain stores by accident

There are some big stores that have a policy of having someone check a person's receipt when they leave the store to make sure that it matches with what they have in their bags.They do this in order to cut down on people stealing from the store. If…
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can one commit aveiros after he is dead?

A terminally ill man gives away all the $ from his bank account and then maxes out his credit card on gold bars which he gives to his friends. He correctly estimates that he will die before the purchases show up on the statement. He thus died…
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Is eating food before purchase in a supermarket considered stealing?

Would it be considered stealing by the Torah to take let’s say, chips from a grocery store, open it up and start eating it before you paid for it? I know this is a common thing that people do. Is it considered stealing by the rules of the Torah? …
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Does everybody steal?

I remember reading a quote, attributed to the Talmud, that essentially says "everybody steals". I doubt it's genuine, and if it is, it's probably heavily qualified, but I thought I'd ask: Does this quote ring a bell?
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Is using a parent's hidden object stealing?

Let’s say a mom has food hidden in her makeup kit in her bedroom and her son finds it and eats it. I’ve heard somewhere that kids are allowed to use various things in the home of their parents. So, if the mom didn’t directly say “don’t eat this…
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Copying and Pasting

I want to make a video about how the Zohar knew the Earth was round and had many other information about the Earth they could of never known. According to sources, would copying the verses of the Zohar from a website and pasting them in my notes…
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Switching movies in a Movie Theater

Are there any sources that would constitute the following as gezel/stealing: If you purchase a movie ticket to let’s say Spider-Man and you go to watch Spongebob, and both movie tickets are the same price?
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Are you entitled to a clean slate?

I remember reading somewhere that under Jewish law, someone convicted by a court and who has paid for his wrongdoing (fine, jail, restitution, whatever) is entitled to a clean slate and does not have to disclose, or be asked about, his past actions…
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buying on behalf of someone, and adding to the cost

If I offered as a favor to source an object for Yisroel, an object that is generally expensive, and I'll buy it for him at a cheaper price. However I found that I could buy it for a lot less , may I ask Yisroel for more than I paid, asking instead…
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Is it gezel to watch a copyrighted video for free?

Would it halachically be considered geneivah if I watch a copyrighted video for free, for example, on YouTube?
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Is using a Youtube adblocker allowed?

I always avoid looking at ads on youtube, so when I see a countdown for an ad, I mute the video and scroll away so I avoid looking at or listening to something forbidden. So I learned that one can install a browser extension that gets rid of the ads…
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On making restitution for stolen objects

A person steals a beam to build a house. The Torah says: Dismantle the house and give the beam back to its owner: When one has sinned, he realizes his guilt and restores what he got through robbery or fraud. [Lev. 5:23] Bet Shammai said: Follow…
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is it theft to enter shul with contraband?

In this answer, the image below appears. Ignoring the issue of the propriety of "non-kosher" phones, is the sign correct that it can ban entry with something not used in the shul, and that entry with the banned item is then theft? My intuition…
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