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Restoring Stolen Money or Goods
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If the victim of the theft is known, the money must be given back to that person. [Saying that you wish the victim some intangible spiritual benefit does not suffice as a repayment of the physical damage.] If the victim has passed away, the money should be given to his inheritors.

It can be given back in a way that doesn't explicitly reveal that it was stolen. For example, the thief can say, "This is money that I owed to your deceased relative," etc.

As long as the victim is unknown, then it is acceptable to give the stolen amount as proper charity for the benefit of people at large.

You also wrote, "or it's a big business, and it's a small amount of a few euros." Those details are irrelevant to the thief's obligation to return the amount that was stolen. If he knows who it was that he wronged, he must pay back the theft to that person or business.

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RE: Restoring Stolen Money or Goods - by Rabbi Moshe Weiner - 09-18-2011, 12:13 PM
RE: Restoring Stolen Money or Goods - by Donny - 09-19-2011, 09:07 PM

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