Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Nedarim 33b - Revisiting returning a lost object for mudar ha'naah

i posted about this issue in kesubos and questioned why it was mutar for reuven to search and invest energy into returning shimon's lost object. Shouldn't the tircha be a violation of providing him with benefit (even if the actual object is mutar to return since it belongs to shimon anyway)?
I found that the Nimukei Yosef addresses this question directly:
כתב הנמוק"י בנדרים יא: בדפי הרי"ף וז"ל ואי משום מאי דטרח האי במאי דאהדרה, לנפשיה עביד משום מצוה דיליה ושליחא ואגירא דרחמנא הוא, והרי הוא כאילו פרעו אחד מן השוק כדי שיחזיר לזה שהוא מותר עכ"ל
The Nimukei Yosef says that since his primary goal is to perform a mitzvah "he is being paid by G-d" and therefore not considered to be benefiting shimon through his efforts.

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