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Israel: Rabbi's ruling stirs 'kosher' smartphone debate
An Israeli rabbi's ruling on a lost smartphone has raised questions as to whether it's theft not to return it to its owner, it appears.
The controversy surrounds an incident in which a saleswoman in a bakery in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak refused to return a smartphone after it was lost, the Ynetnews website reports. It seems there was some debate as to whether she had broken the "thou shalt not steal" commandment, until Rabbi Nissim Karelitz ruled that cellular phones should not be considered property as they are "non-kosher".
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Israel: Rabbi's ruling stirs 'kosher' smartphone debate
An Israeli rabbi's ruling on a lost smartphone has raised questions as to whether it's theft not to return it to its owner, it appears.
The controversy surrounds an incident in which a saleswoman in a bakery in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak refused to return a smartphone after it was lost, the Ynetnews website reports. It seems there was some debate as to whether she had broken the "thou shalt not steal" commandment, until Rabbi Nissim Karelitz ruled that cellular phones should not be considered property as they are "non-kosher".