Hefker (Hebrew: הפקר) is ownerless property under rabbinic law. While some property is intrinsically ownerless, especially during shmita, ordinary property can also be made formally ownerless by written or express renunciation of its owner or by judicial action (as shown in Gittin 36b).
Hefker (Hebrew: הפקר) is ownerless property under rabbinic law. While some property is intrinsically ownerless, especially during shmita, ordinary property can also be made formally ownerless by written or express renunciation of its owner or by judicial action (as shown in Gittin 36b).
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