The mitzvah of returning a lost item, 'hashavat aveidah,' requires a person to actively seek out and return lost property to its rightful owner, provided that the item has identifying markings. Naveh, a religious boy, lost his prized tefillin two years ago, but they were recently returned to him after a stranger found them and tracked him down.
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