Meilah 6:5-6

Meilah 6:5

Let’s say that a person deposited cash with a money-changer. If it was tied up, the money-changer may not use it; if he spends it, he is guilty of misappropriation. If the cash was loose, the money-changer may use it; if he spends it, he is not guilty of misappropriation. If the cash was deposited with a private individual, he may not use it regardless of whether or not it was tied up; if he spends it, he’s guilty of misappropriation. In this matter, a shopkeeper is the same as a private individual; this is the opinion of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says that a shopkeeper is like a money-changer in this matter.

Meilah 6:6

If a consecrated prutah fell into a purse, or if one says that a prutah in his purse should be consecrated, he commits misappropriation as soon as he spends one prutah from the purse; this is the opinion of Rabbi Akiva. The Sages say that one is not guilty of misappropriation until he spends all the money in the purse. Rabbi Akiva agrees that if one says, “A prutah from this purse is consecrated,” then he may remove and spend money from the purse and he does not misappropriate until he has spent all of them.