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Short Message:	I thought you might like to read this article on the Israel Center website: ---------------------------------------------- Lokei’ach vs.Sho’el Q: I found an apparently suitable cello to buy and received permission from the seller to take it “on approval” trial period during which one can return it without explanation). During this time, one of the strings broke while I was tuning the cello. When I returned the instrument to her, having decided not to buy it, she demanded payment for the broken string, and I paid. What does halacha say? Am I a “sho’el” (borrower)? (I used it only for testing and not after I made the decision to return it.) Would breaking the string obligate me to pay, as it seems to be meita machamat melacha [see below]? http://www.ouisrael.org/tidbits/detail/1112/
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