Open Robbery [gezel] and Surreptitious Theft [geneivah]
For rules of payment of a Fine if an item is stolen from a Guardian and the Guardian has paid the owner for it, see the individual guardians listed in Acquisition.
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General Issues
Liability of two partners who steal jointly: Bava Metzia 8a
Whether theft of an object discovered by a cheresh, shoteh or Minor is considered theft; Related Rabbinic Institution to Protect Peace: Bava Metzia 12a
Theft were "sharing" of items is commonly recognized: R. Succah 45a "Ve'Ochlin" [See Tos.]
Whether one may be whipped for theft, or not: Makkot 16a
Theft of an item which is worth less than a minimal coin [Perutah]: Eruvin 62a
Theft of an item on Shabbat [when acquisitions do not occur]: Eruvin 88a
Gd always sees theft: Bava Metzia 59a
The interrelationship between prohibitions against lending on interest, stealing, and overcharging: Bava Metzia 61a-b
Laws specific to Acts of Surreptitious Theft [Geneivah]
Withholding salary from a stealing employee: Berachot 5b
Joint-Violation in stealing, and slaughtering and selling a stolen animal: Shabbat 93b
One is liable for theft of the item no matter where on his property it is: Bava Metzia 10b
Taking an item which someone lost, before they abandoned hope of its return: Bava Metzia 26b
Laws specific to Acts of Open Robbery [Gezeilah]
The payment includes mandatory return of the Object: Bava Kama 11a
How payment is calculated: Bava Metzia 43a-b
Who receives the value of any improvement of the item after the theft: Bava Metzia 43b
Borrowing an Item without permission: Bava Metzia 41a, 43b
Making someone's eved work for one's self: Bava Metzia 64b-65a
Is a renter considered a thief automatically if he uses a rented item in a manner at variance with that stated at the time of the rental: Bava Metzia 78a-b
Special Case - Military Expropriation of Property
Taking wood: Eruvin 17a
Setting up camp where they please: Eruvin 17a
Burying their dead wherever they are: Eruvin 17a
Ownership and Responsiblity for Stolen Goods
A bill of sale for a stolen item is worthless: Bava Metzia 16a
Whether stolen land is [not] transferred to the thief's name: Succah 30b, 31a
Whether an act which alters the stolen item, acquires it for the thief: Succah 30b; Temurah 6a, 6b
The above, where the act only causes temporary alteration of the item: Succah 30b
The above, where the act causes an alteration of the "name" of the item: Succah 30b-31a
Time of Transfer of Ownership for items stolen via carrying: Shabbat 91b-92a
Time of Transfer of Ownership for items stolen via dragging: Shabbat 91b-92a
Time of Transfer of Ownership for an animal stolen by leading it out of the owner's domain [meshichah]: Ketuvot 31b
Once the owner gives up hope of the object's return, it is considered to be under the control of the Thief [although he must pay, of course]: Bava Metzia 7a, 21b-22a
If the thief purchases the item after stealing it, without returning it: Bava Metzia 15b-16a
If the thief's sons purchase the item after he dies and leaves it to them: Bava Metzia 16a
If the thief gives the field away, and the recipient buys it from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
A thief who sells the field, and then inherits it from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
A thief who sells the field, and then receives it as payment of a debt from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
A thief who sells the field, and then receives it as a gift from the original owner: Bava Metzia 16a
If the thief returns the item after stealing it: Bava Metzia 26b
Returning Stolen Goods
The Stolen item must be returned to the owner's property, with his knowledge: Bava Metzia 31a, 40b-41a
What to do if a thief admits stealing from one of many people, but doesn't know which: Bava Metzia 37a-b
A spouse dies for inability to return stolen funds: Zevachim 29b; Tos. Rosh HaShanah 6a #2
The Rabbinic Enactment allowing return of a stolen beam which had been built into a house, by payment of the beam's value: Succah 31a
One perutah, as the minimum amount one would be obligated to return: Bava Metzia 55a
How far one must go to return stolen goods: Bava Metzia 55a
Inheriting stolen items which are easily recognizable as stolen, such a a cow or a garment: Bava Metzia 62a
Assuming that overpayment of a debt may actually be a thief's attempt to return that which he had stolen: Bava Metzia 63b-64a
Determining the Value of the Stolen Item
Value is determined from time of theft, or of payment: Pesachim 32a
If One pays payment of a better quality than that which he stole, he will be blessed: Pesachim 32a
RestitutionThe Fine of paying double for Theft - Kefel כפל
Whether a thief pays this if he admits the theft on his own: Ketuvot 41a
Whether Married Women are exempt from the Double-Payment fine: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether a woman must pay the Double-Payment fine herself after divorce: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether an Eved Ivri is exempt from the Double-Payment fine: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether an Eved must pay the Double-Payment fine after being freed: Bava Metzia 10b
Whether a thief may be sold by the Court for inability to pay the fine: Kiddushin 18a
Whether a thief pays double for theft of sanctified property: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b; Bechorot 11a
Whether a thief pays double for theft of an unredeemed first-born male donkey [peter chamor]: Bechorot 11a
Whether a thief pays double for stealing land: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b
Whether a thief pays double for stealing legal bills: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b
Whether a thief pays double for stealing avadim: Bava Metzia 56a, 57b
Whether a thief pays double if the item is found in his domain, but not his actual hand: Bava Metzia 56b
Does one bring a korban for swearing falsely if one is accused of stealing in a way that incurs a fine of double the stolen item, or four or five times its value, or of having stood trial and having been found guilty for this, and he swears falsely denying liability for the fine, before then admitting it: Ketuvot 42a-43a
The Fine of paying four or five times the value of a stolen sheep or ox - טבח ומכר
Whether a thief pays this if he admits the theft on his own: Ketuvot 41a
One who is exempt from paying the base amount (keren) for the theft is automatically exempt from paying the 4/5 (as in a case where the theft violated Shabbat, and the punishment for violating Shabbat overrides the payment of the core amount): Ketuvot 34b
One who is exempt from paying the normal double (kefel) fine for a theft is automatically exempt from paying the 4/5, because the Torah did not say to pay 3/4: Bava Metzia 57b
Whether a thief pays four or five times the value if his proxy sells or butchers the animal: Ketuvot 33b-34a
Whether a thief pays four or five times the value for theft of sanctified property: Bava Metzia 56a
Whether a thief pays four or five times the value if he slaughters a murderous animal that is to be put to death [shor haniskal]: Ketuvot 33b-34a
Whether a thief pays four or five times the value if he slaughters the animal while breaking in, such that the proprietor would not have been liable for killing him: Ketuvot 34b
Paying four or five times the value of a stolen animal if one stole and butchered it on Shabbat or for idolatry, as we have a rule that we only give the harsher of two penalties that a person has incurred: Ketuvot 33b-34b
Paying four or five times the value of a stolen animal if one borrowed it before Shabbat, so that it was his property somewhat before Shabbat started, and butchered it on Shabbat, as we have a rule that we only give the harsher of two penalties that a person has incurred: Ketuvot 34b
Does one bring a korban for swearing falsely if one is accused of stealing in a way that incurs a fine of double the stolen item, or four or five times its value, or of having stood trial and having been found guilty for this, and he swears falsely denying liability for the fine, before then admitting it: Ketuvot 42a-43a
Adding One-Fifth [chomesh] if a Person Swore Falsely that he did not Steal the Item
The requirement of adding one-fifth: Bava Metzia 55b
Whether one must add one-fifth if his father was the thief: Temurah 6a
What happens if the stolen entity was one of the "Kodashim Kalim" class of Temple offerings, or specifically a first-born Kosher animal: Temurah 8a-b
What happens if one pays the core value, then swears falsely that he already paid the one-fifth: Bava Metzia 54b
Other
Theft is punished with drought: Taanit 7b
Theft for a practical joke, to upset someone: Bava Metzia 61b
Theft undertaken with intent to simply pay the fine: Bava Metzia 61b
