a courtyard

<<was included

<<on account of

<<a hand,

<<and it is not

<<inferior

<<to agency:

<<regarding

<<a get,

<<which a detriment

<<it is

<<for her —

<<one may not

<<act to the detriment of

<<a person

<<except

<<in his presence;

<<regarding

<<a gift,

<<which a benefit

<<it is

<<for him —

<<one may act to benefit

<<a person

<<not

<<in his presence.

The matter itself:

<<if he saw

<<them

<<running

<<after

<<the found object

<<etc.

<<Rabbi Yirmeya said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<and that is

<<where he runs

<<after them

<<and can reach them.

<<Asked

<<Rabbi Yirmeya:

<<in the case of a gift

<<how is it?

<<Accepted it

<<from him

<<Rabbi Abba bar Kahana:

<<even though

<<he runs

<<after them

<<and cannot

<<reach them.

Asked

<<Rava:

<<if he threw

<<a purse

<<in at

<<this doorway

<<and it went out

<<at

<<another doorway —

<<what is it?

<<Air

<<where it is not

<<its end

<<to come to rest —

<<like resting

<<is it deemed,

<<or

<<not?

Rav Pappa said to Rava —

<<and some say it was

<<Rav Adda bar Masna

<<to Rava,

<<and some say it was

<<Ravina

<<to Rava:

<<is not

<<this the same as

<<our Mishnah?

<<If he saw

<<them

<<running

<<after

<<the found object,

<<And Rabbi Yirmeya said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<and that is

<<where he runs

<<after them

<<and can reach them;

<<and asked

<<Rabbi Yirmeya:

<<in the case of a gift

<<how is it?

<<And accepted it

<<from him

<<Rabbi Abba bar Kahana:

<<in the case of a gift,

<<even though

<<he runs

<<after them

<<and cannot

<<reach them.

He said to him:

<<rolling

<<you are saying?

<<Different is

<<rolling,

<<for like resting

<<it is deemed.

MISHNAH:

<<The find of

<<his son

<<and his daughter

<<who are minors,

<<the find of

<<his slave

<<and his maidservant

<<who are Canaanite,

<<the find of

<<his wife —

<<these

<<are his.

<<The find of

<<his son

<<and his daughter

<<who are adults,

<<the find of

<<his slave

<<and his maidservant

<<who are Hebrew,

<<the find of

<<his wife

<<whom he divorced —

<<even though

<<he has not

<<given

<<her kesubah —

<<these

<<are theirs.

GEMARA:

<<Shmuel said:

<<for what reason

<<did they say

<<the find of

<<a minor

<<belongs to his father?

<<Because at the moment

<<he finds it

<<he runs with it

<<to

<<his father,

<<and he does not

<<keep

<<it in his hand.

Is this to say

<<that holds

<<Shmuel

<<a minor

<<has no

<<acquisition

<<for himself

<<by Torah law?

<<But it was taught:

<<one who hires

<<a laborer —

<<may gather

<<his son

<<after him.

<<For a half,

<<a third

<<or a quarter —

<<may not

<<gather

<<his son

<<after him.

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<whether

<<this way

<<or

<<that way,

<<may gather

<<his son

<<and his wife

<<after him.

<<And Shmuel said:

<<the halachah

<<is like Rabbi

<<Yosei.

If you say it is well:

<<a minor

<<has

<<acquisition

<<for himself

<<when

<<he gathers,

<<for himself

<<he gathers,

<<and his father

<<from him

<<acquires.

<<But

<<if you say

<<a minor

<<has no

<<acquisition

<<for himself

<<when

<<he gathers,

<<for his father

<<he gathers;

<<his father

<<rich

<<is,

<<why

<<may his wife

<<and his son

<<gather

<<after him?

Shmuel —

<<the reason of

<<the Tanna

<<of ours

<<he was stating,

<<and he himself

<<does not

<<hold

<<so.

And does hold

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<a minor

<<has

<<acquisition

<<by Torah law?

<<But we learned:

<<the find of

<<a deaf-mute,

<<an imbecile

<<and a minor —

<<there is

<<in them

<<on account of

<<robbery,

<<because of

<<the ways of

<<peace.

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<robbery

<<outright.

And Rav Chisda said:

<<robbery

<<outright

<<by their words.

<<The difference is

<<to take it out

<<through judges.

Rather,

<<Abaye said:

<<they made it

<<like a field

<<in which have gone

<<over it

<<the gleaners,

<<for the poor

<<themselves

<<put out

<<their minds;

<<they think:

<<the son of

<<that man

<<is gathering

<<it.

Rav Adda bar Masna said to Abaye:

<<and is

<<it permitted

<<for a person

<<to set down

<<a lion

<<in

<<his field

<<so that

<<they will see —

<<the poor —

<<and flee?

Rather,

<<Rava said: