Track down Talis & Tefillin owner

[qsman]

There is an organization in Israel called Machon Pe'er which has a Tefillin lost/found database.
They were helpful in tracking down the owner of a Talis/Teffilin I found on an Egged bus many years ago.

How can I find them?

[qsman]

And just hope that it will land in the right hands? What will be the siman?

Exactly right!!!! My rov agreed with me on this when I asked him how much do I disclose.

[Dan]

Are people really going to claim tefilin that don't belong to them?
Anyway, as mentioned above, they can produce the Uber ride receipt.

[Lurker]

Origin/destination and date could potentially be very telling. @qsman, do you know exactly which trip it was?

Wasn't his fare. Was given to him by another driver.

[qsman]

Origin/destination and date could potentially be very telling. @qsman, do you know exactly which trip it was?

i queried the driver at the time , he did not remember and could not determine it when looking at his trip history. The best I have is the Thanksgiving timeframe a couple of years ago

[Dan]

i queried the driver at the time , he did not remember and could not determine it when looking at his trip history. The best I have is the Thanksgiving timeframe a couple of years ago

Close enough when asking for proof.
I'd post any pictures you have if you want to have any hope.

[qsman]

Are people really going to claim tefilin that don't belong to them?
Anyway, as mentioned above, they can produce the Uber ride receipt.

There were several people that came back to me after some time had passed asking if they can have the set for someone or other since it was never claimed.

[Dan]

There were several people that came back to me after some time had passed asking if they can have the set for someone or other since it was never claimed.

That's a far cry from claiming it's yours and having an Uber receipt from the timeframe and area.

[qsman]

That's a far cry from claiming it's yours and having an Uber receipt from the timeframe and area.

Fair enough Dan, I would agree with that statement

Here is the rest of the set. I already pulled out the cannister to nake sure there was nothing underneath.

[MoYS]

Close enough when asking for proof.
I'd post any pictures you have if you want to have any hope.

Not to suspect anyone here, but technically any DDFer or guest has easy access to this information by reading this thread...

[qsman]

Not to suspect anyone here, but technically any DDFer or guest has easy access to this information by reading this thread...

Which is why not everything is included in the picture

I found the other flyer, it's a guide to putting on tefillin from Chabad of the Kosel. They were the first people I called

[avromie7]

Fair enough Dan, I would agree with that statement

Here is the rest of the set. I already pulled out the cannister to nake sure there was nothing underneath.

The straps look new.

Which is why not everything is included in the picture

I found the other flyer, it's a guide to putting on tefillin from Chabad of the Kosel. They were the first people I called

Together with this, I suspect it's someone who may not put on tefillin on a regular basis.

[qsman]

Histadlus......

[Yehudaa]

Did you unfold the tallis? Maybe it has initials embroidered on one of the corners.

Not sure how initials would even help at this point but it's a start...

[Chapshnell]

Fair enough Dan, I would agree with that statement

Here is the rest of the set. I already pulled out the cannister to nake sure there was nothing underneath.

straps looks used for about a year at the max. the plastic baatim holders with the magen daved should probably be unique enough (I think) to at least track down who gave it to who.

my brother actually lost tefilin on ryan air about 5-6-7 years ago & never heard anything about them, probably went into the trash

[lcm]

Are people really going to claim tefilin that don't belong to them?

Did think of that.

On another note, any sofer here that would have an eye to know who sold these to the owner?

[Lurker]

straps looks used for about a year at the max. the plastic baatim holders with the magen daved should probably be unique enough (I think) to at least track down who gave it to who.

Batim holders actually look cardboard and somewhat worn. Could be they were used more than the retzuos suggest.

[AsherO]

Are people really going to claim tefilin that don't belong to them?
Anyway, as mentioned above, they can produce the Uber ride receipt.

Three years later?

[Dan]

Three years later?

My Uber account has receipts going back to 2013.

[Mf1]

uber payment for the trip date, time,and location

But he got it from another uber driver. Does he even know these details?