1) It is very common nowadays, and also very sensible, for all Shuls, Mikvaos and other public places, to hang notices in conspicuous places throughout the facility stating that all items left in the building that aren't claimed within a certain amount of time become the property of the facility to do with as they please. (See Igros Moshe Choshen Mishpat Vol. 2 Siman 45:2 and Shu"t Minchas Yitzchak Vol. 8 Siman 146)
2) Once such a notice is properly in place, the caretakers of the facility may indeed do as they please with all items left there beyond the cut-off time, and need not be concerned that perhaps the owner of the item did not see the notice. (See Igros Moshe ibid.)
Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) An author of a Sefer that places a sample of his work in a Yeshiva, Shul or another public place, does so with the knowledge that he very likely will never get that sample back; there is no obligation to return it to him, as the Sefer is Hefker and the caretakers of the facility may do with it as they please. (Ruling of HaRav Nisim Karelitz Shlita quoted in Hashovas Aveida K'halacha page 79 footnote 15)
2) If one finds money in a Shul, even if it's laying right near the Tzedaka boxes, he does not have to assume that it fell out of a Pushka; rather he can treat it as he treats any other money he finds. (ibid.)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
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Question:
What is the halacha regarding the rainbow that is visible many times over Niagara Falls? Do we recite a Brocha? Is it an Aveira to look at it?
Answer:
From the Poskim it seems that only a rainbow in the sky is a "sign" and would require a bracha, and not a rainbow that is formed from the sun's shining on the water and causing a prism effect etc., which isnt in the sky.
It is not an Aveira to look at that either as that isnt a "rainbow" rather something that looks "rainbowlike".
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