1) If one finds two lost objects, one belonging to him and another belonging to someone else, and he can only retrieve one of them at this time (e.g. it was a heavy item) , Al Pi Din he is not obligated to retrieve the other person's item first. (Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat Siman 264:1. See Sm"a S"K 1)
Even if the other person offers to pay for the value of the finder's item, if he returns his item instead of retrieving his own, he is still not obligated to do so as he may say "I'd rather have my actual item than its value". (See Sm"a ibid and S"K 18)
2) Although the Halacha is that one's item comes before another person's item, as we just learned, it is still proper to act "L'Fenim Mishuras Hadin, beyond the letter of the law" and indeed worry about the other person's item before worrying about one's own item, unless he is surely going to incur a significant loss by returning the other person's item first. (Shulchan Aruch ibid.)
Moreover, if one consistently acts in such a way (i.e. worries about himself and his possessions more than about others and their possessions) he is considered to have removed the "yoke of Gemilus Chasadim, performing kindness" from himself and will lead to him ultimately needing to come onto others for sustenance. (Shulchan Aruch ibid. See also Sm"a S"K 3 where he explains that it is Midah K'Neged Midah, measure for measure: A person who is always worried about losing his money and possessions, so much so that he abandons doing Mitzvos and Chesed in his quest to not lose his money, will ultimately indeed lose the money and possessions via heavenly retribution.)
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QUESTION:
Does a bracha Rishona have to be made on gum and if so, what about a bracha acharona?
ANSWER:
Yes, a Bracha Rishona is required since the sugar gets swallowed and causes pleasure to the throat. (See Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 2 Siman 57 and Shu"t Ohr L'Tzion Vol. 2 14:8. There is a minority opinion that argues, but the prevalent ruling is to require the bracha)
No Bracha achrona is made, as not enough was eaten in the required amount of time ( as a Kzayis within 3-6 minutes is required).
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We must know as a big principle that there is a fountain of Simcha in the human mind.
"Ushavtam mayim b'sasson mimayanei hayeshua--there are fountains of Yeshua (salvation)."
Now of course there are various kinds of Yeshua, but there's a very great Yeshua of Simcha in a man's own heart. It's such a deep fountain that there's no bottom to it, only very few people have lowered the bucket into this to draw out some of the simcha.
But once you begin priming the pump, you begin drawing out simcha that is inherent in the human soul, you're going to discover that it's almost endless.
There is so much that it's enough not only to pour out as an artesian well, a gusher for you, but it's for the rest of mankind too. The world will benefit from your character. Because there's so much in every human being that it's unfathomable how deep that well of Simcha is.
Therefore Hashem says, if you choose to draw on that well of Simcha that's in you and you're going to utilize it for the various stimuli that I supply in this world--eating, drinking... all the other phenomena that cause satisfaction to mankind--and you enjoy these things, you're happy with them, then I'm going to open up the fountain, and you're going to gush with happiness all the days of your life.
But you must know an important principle: There's a very big principle involved here and that is that the happiness in this world is only a rehearsal and a beginning for the happiness of the world to come.
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