“And strings

<<of

<<fish.”

<<Why?

<<Let be

<<the knot

<<a mark!

<<With a knot

<<of fishermen,

<<for everyone

<<thus

<<ties.

<<And let be

<<the number

<<a mark!

<<With a number

<<that is equal.

They asked of him,

<<of Rav Sheshes:

<<[number] —

<<is it

<<a mark

<<or

<<is it not

<<deemed

<<a mark?

<<He said to them —

<<Rav Sheshes:

<<you learned it:

<<if he found

<<vessels of

<<silver

<<or vessels of

<<copper,

<<a fragment

<<of

<<lead,

<<or any

<<vessels of

<<metal —

<<he

<<may not

<<return them

<<until

<<he gives

<<a sign,

<<or

<<until

<<he states exactly

<<their weights.

<<And since weight

<<is

<<a mark,

<<measure

<<and number

<<too

<<are

<<a mark.

“And pieces

<<of

<<meat”

<<etc.

<<Why?

<<Let be

<<the weight

<<a mark!

<<With a weight

<<that is equal.

<<And let be

<<the piece

<<itself

<<a mark —

<<either

<<from the flank

<<or

<<from the thigh!

<<Is it not

<<so

<<that it was taught:

<<if he found

<<pieces of

<<fish

<<or a fish

<<that is bitten —

<<he is obligated

<<to announce;

<<barrels

<<of

<<wine

<<or of

<<oil

<<or of

<<grain

<<or of

<<dried figs

<<or of

<<olives —

<<these

<<are his.

here with what are we dealing?

<<Where there is

<<a mark

<<in the cut,

<<like

<<that

<<of Rabbah bar Rav Huna,

<<who would cut

<<it

<<into three

<<corners.

<<It is also precise,

<<for it teaches it

<<similar

<<to a fish

<<that is bitten.

<<Learn from it.

Said

<<the master:

<<barrels

<<of

<<wine

<<or of

<<oil

<<or of

<<grain

<<or of

<<dried figs

<<or of

<<olives —

<<these

<<are his.

<<But

<<we learned:

<<jugs of

<<wine

<<and jugs of

<<oil

<<he is obligated

<<to announce!

<<Rabbi Zeira said in the name of Rav:

<<our Mishnah

<<is with a sealed one.

<<By implication

<<that the baraisa

<<is with an open one;

<<if

<<with an open one —

<<a loss

<<with knowledge

<<it is!

<<Rav Hoshaya said:

<<with one covered over.

Abaye

<<said:

<<even

<<you may say

<<both this

<<and that

<<are with a sealed one,

<<and it is not

<<difficult:

<<here

<<before

<<were opened

<<the storehouses,

<<here

<<after

<<were opened

<<the storehouses.

<<Like

<<that

<<of Rav Yaakov bar Abba,

<<who found

<<a barrel

<<of wine

<<after

<<were opened

<<the storehouses.

<<He came

<<before

<<Abaye;

<<He said to him:

<<go

<<take it

<<for yourself.

Asked of him

<<Rav Bivi

<<of Rav Nachman:

<<a place —

<<is it

<<a mark,

<<or

<<is not

<<deemed

<<a mark?

<<He said to him:

<<you learned it:

<<if he found

<<barrels

<<of

<<wine

<<or of

<<oil

<<or of

<<grain

<<or of

<<dried figs

<<or of

<<olives —

<<these

<<are his.

<<And if

<<it enters your mind

<<that a place

<<is

<<a mark —

<<let him announce

<<the place!

<<Rav Zevid said:

<<here with what are we dealing?

<<On the bank

<<of a river.

Rav Mari said:

<<what is the reason

<<said

<<the Rabbis

<<the bank

<<of a river

<<is not

<<deemed

<<a mark?

<<For we say

<<to him:

<<just as

<<it happened

<<to you,

<<it happened

<<also

<<to your fellow.

<<There are who say:

<<Rav Mari said:

<<what is the reason

<<said

<<the Rabbis

<<a place

<<is not

<<deemed

<<a mark?

<<For we say

<<to him:

<<just as

<<it happened

<<to you

<<this

<<place,

<<it happened

<<also

<<to your fellow

<<this

<<place.

That

<<man

<<who found

<<pitch

<<at the press,

<<came

<<before

<<Rav.

<<He said to him:

<<go

<<take it

<<for yourself.

<<He saw him

<<that he was

<<hesitating.

<<He said to him:

<<go

<<give a share

<<of it

<<to Chiya

<<my son

<<from it.

<<Shall we say

<<that holds

<<Rav

<<a place

<<is not

<<deemed

<<a mark?

<<Rabbi Abba said:

<<because of

<<despair of

<<the owners

<<they touched on

<<it,

<<for he saw

<<that there grew

<<in it

<<reeds.

“Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<says”

<<etc.

<<What is

<<anpuria?

<<Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<vessels

<<that are new,

<<that have not

<<been satisfied by

<<the eye.

<<What is the case?

<<If

<<they have

<<in them

<<a mark —

<<when

<<not

<<have been satisfied by them

<<the eye

<<what

<<of it?

<<If

<<they have not

<<in them

<<a mark —

<<when

<<have been satisfied by them

<<the eye

<<what

<<of it?

Actually

<<they have not

<<in them

<<a mark;

<<the difference is

<<for returning it

<<to a young scholar

<<of the Rabbis

<<by recognition

<<of the eye:

<<have been satisfied by them

<<the eye

<<he is certain

<<of himself

<<about them

<<and we return it

<<to him;

<<when

<<not

<<have been satisfied by them

<<the eye

<<he is not

<<certain

<<of himself

<<about them,

<<and we do not

<<return it

<<to him.

<<For Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<in these

<<three

<<matters

<<are accustomed

<<the Rabbis

<<to deviate

<<in their words:

<<about a tractate,

<<and about a bed,