I'm just curious - while I imagine 99% of the people who use DDF are frum, this is still a public forum on the internet. In that case, wouldn't everyone's advice to not return it here constitute a hillul hashem?
In agreement with this one here.
Hence bringing it to the post office, that in itself is a kiddish hashem, is it not? The postal worker sees that you found a passport and you take your time to make sure the rightful owner gets it back.
This reminded me, on a smaller level of this story -
https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/11/us/connecticut-rabbi-returns-money/index.htmlAs far as the people who are talking about monetary value of a passport:
- It obviously has a monetary value to the owner, as several people have pointed out - the $120 or so to replace it
- It probably has some value on the black market
- For the sake of argument, does Machmas Chisaron Kis apply not just to the direct value of the item, but also to the potential greater loss of time and money that may be incurred if the passport is used to steal the holder's identity?