Mishnah Review- Intro to Bava Metziah

Ownership of an item is referred to as

• בעלות

• הפקר

• יאוש

• none of the above

If a person loses an item, he remains the owner

• even if he gives up hope

• as long as he doesn't give up hope

• if it is a valuable object

• if it can be easily returned

An item that does not have an owner is referred to as

• בעלות

• יאוש

• בית דין

• הפקר

An object always starts off with an owner.

• True

• False

A person can remove his ownership from an item anytime he wants.

• True

• False

A person who makes his item הפקר can no longer reclaim ownership of the item.

• True

• False

In order to make an item הפקר

• you must declare that it is הפקר

• as long as you do something that clearly shows you don't want it anymore it is הפקר

The Mitzvah to return a lost object is known as

• השבת אבידה

• גניבת דעת

The mitzvah of השבת אבידה only applies to a

We learn out that the mitzvah of השבת אבידה only applies to a Jew from the word

• "השב" in the pasuk

• "אחיך" in the pasuk

• "מהס" in the pasuk