If he returned it

<<to a place

<<where he will see it,

<<he is not

<<obligated

<<to attend

<<to it.

<<If it was stolen

<<or

<<lost,

<<he is liable

<<for its responsibility.

What is

<<“it was stolen

<<or

<<lost”?

<<Is it not

<<stolen

<<from his house

<<and lost

<<from his house?

No —

<<from the place

<<where he returned it.

But

<<it teaches:

<<he is not

<<obligated

<<to attend

<<to it!

He said to him:

<<here

<<with what

<<are we dealing?

<<Such as

<<where he returned it

<<at midday.

And two things

<<it teaches,

<<and thus

<<it teaches:

<<if he returned it

<<in the morning

<<to a place

<<where he will see it,

<<and it is common

<<that he goes in

<<and out

<<and sees

<<it —

<<he is not

<<obligated

<<to attend

<<to it.

<<If he returned it

<<at midday

<<to a place

<<where he will see it,

<<where it is not

<<common

<<that he goes in

<<and out,

<<so that he does not

<<see

<<it,

<<and it was stolen

<<or

<<lost —

<<he is liable

<<for its responsibility.

He raised an objection to him:

<<forever

<<he

<<is liable,

<<until

<<he returns it

<<to his domain.

<<What is

<<“forever”?

<<Is it not

<<even

<<from his house?

<<Learn from it:

<<like a guardian

<<who is paid

<<he is!

He said to him:

<<I concede

<<to you

<<with living creatures,

<<for since

<<they take

<<for themselves

<<a path

<<outward,

<<it requires

<<guarding

<<that is extra.

Raised an objection

<<Rabbah

<<to Rav Yosef:

<<“return” —

<<I have only

<<to his house;

<<to his garden

<<and to his ruin

<<from where?

<<The verse states:

<<“you shall return them” —

<<in any case.

What is

<<“to his garden

<<and to his ruin”?

<<If we say

<<to his garden

<<that is guarded

<<and to his ruin

<<that is guarded,

<<that is

<<his house!

<<Rather,

<<it is obvious:

<<to his garden

<<that is not

<<guarded

<<and to his ruin

<<that is not

<<guarded.

<<Learn from it:

<<like a guardian

<<who is unpaid

<<he is!

He said to him:

<<actually,

<<to his garden

<<that is guarded

<<and to his ruin

<<that is guarded;

<<and what

<<is difficult

<<to you —

<<that is

<<his house —

<<this

<<it teaches us:

<<that we do not

<<require

<<the knowledge of

<<the owner,

<<like Rabbi

<<Elazar.

For Rabbi Elazar said:

<<all

<<require

<<the knowledge of

<<the owner,

<<except

<<for the return of

<<a lost object,

<<for indeed

<<included

<<in it

<<the Torah

<<returnings

<<many.

Abaye said to Rav Yosef:

<<and do you

<<not

<<hold

<<that the guardian of

<<a lost object

<<like a guardian

<<who is unpaid

<<he is?

<<But

<<Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<one who claims

<<the claim of

<<a thief

<<with a lost object

<<pays

<<the double payment.

<<And if

<<it enters your mind

<<a guardian

<<who is paid

<<he is,

<<why

<<does he pay

<<the double payment?

<<The principal

<<he must

<<pay!

He said to him:

<<here

<<with what

<<are we dealing?

<<Such as

<<where he claims

<<the claim of

<<a bandit

<<who is armed.

He said to him:

<<a bandit

<<who is armed

<<a robber

<<is!

He said to him:

<<for I

<<say:

<<a bandit

<<who is armed —

<<since

<<he hides

<<from people,

<<a thief

<<he is.

He raised an objection to him: