1) It is proper to leave over a little bit of what was in your plate, and not totally finish everything down to the last crumb. (See Ben Ish Chai Parshas B'Har Siman 14 and Sefer Eitz Hasadeh Chapter 19:13 quoting Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita that it is good to be stringent with this.)
2) One who took a bite out of a piece of bread[or other food items], should not put it back in middle of the table, as it is unappetizing to other people and they will not eat from it after it was bitten from. Rather he/she should make sure to finish the entire piece.(Mishna Berura 170:36)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A page on the Halacha For Today website.
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The other day while at an appointment with my daughter's orthodontist, the orthodontist (Jewish but not observant or particularly knowledgeable about Torah and Mitzvos) proudly showed my daughter and myself a bird's nest right outside of his office window in a tree with a bird in it presumably sitting on its eggs.
If this is an opportunity to do the Mitzvah of Shaluach HaKahn, how do I do it? Certainly even just shooing the mother off her eggs in front of the non-observant and non-Jewish staff will not make a good impression (to say the least), let alone taking or touching the eggs in front of them.
I could go back this Sunday, when the office is closed, and perform the Mitzvah without watchers - it is private property but not so private since there are several offices in the complex - I would have very low fear of being arrested (if the police saw me walking around the building, I would probably be questioned but not likely more than that).
Answer:
There are a few points that you need to determine before performing this Mitzva. whose property is it? As you may not go into someone else's property without permission to do this mitzvah. Also, it isn't so simple that the nest may be on a private property at all,even if you received permission from the owner, as if it is on private property the birds have owners, as a person's property is Koneh them. (Unless he stipulates otherwise. There are exceptions to this, butthat's too lengthy a discussion for this forum)
Are the species of bird kosher? As they need to be kosher in order to be able to do the Mitzva.
If you go during the day, for most species of bird, it will be the father that you chase away and not the mother, and thus according to most opinions you will not be doing the Mitzva. Most species, the mother is there around sunset and later.
There are many other intricate details you need to know, so the best thing would be to ask a Rav for the best way to proceed.
Our holy sages, the Chazal tell us
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם לו, אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות - one who studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in Olam Haba - the world to come. (:מגילה כ"ח )
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