and about a lodging.

<<What

<<is the difference?

<<Mar Zutra said:

<<for returning

<<to him

<<a lost object

<<by recognition

<<of the eye:

<<if

<<we know

<<of him

<<that he does not

<<deviate

<<except

<<in these

<<three —

<<we return it

<<to him;

<<and if

<<he deviates

<<in matters

<<other —

<<we do not

<<return it

<<to him.

Mar Zutra the pious

<<had stolen

<<from him

<<a cup

<<of silver

<<at a lodging.

<<He saw

<<a certain

<<student of the house of Rav

<<who washed

<<his hands

<<and dried them

<<on the cloak

<<of his fellow.

<<He said:

<<this is

<<the one

<<who does not

<<care

<<for himself

<<about the money

<<of his fellow.

<<He bound him

<<and he confessed.

It was taught:

<<concedes

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<with vessels

<<that are new

<<that were satisfied by

<<the eye

<<that he is obligated

<<to announce.

<<And these

<<are

<<vessels

<<that are new

<<that have not

<<been satisfied by

<<the eye,

<<that he is not

<<obligated

<<to announce:

<<such as

<<bundles of

<<needles,

<<and hooks,

<<and strings

<<of

<<axes.

<<All

<<these

<<that they said —

<<when

<<are they permitted?

<<At a time

<<when he found them

<<one

<<by one;

<<but

<<if he found them

<<two

<<by two

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

What are

<<“badei”?

<<Branches.

<<And why

<<do they call

<<it

<<“badei”?

<<A thing

<<on which they hang

<<on it

<<something —

<<“bad”

<<they call

<<it.

<<Like

<<that

<<which we learned

<<there:

<<a leaf

<<one

<<on a branch

<<one.

And so

<<used to

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<say:

<<one who saves

<<from

<<a lion

<<or from

<<a bear

<<or from

<<a leopard

<<or from

<<a cheetah

<<or from

<<the sweep

<<of

<<the sea

<<or from the flooding

<<of

<<a river;

<<one who finds

<<in a main road

<<or a plaza

<<large,

<<and in every

<<place

<<where the public

<<is found

<<there —

<<these

<<are his,

<<because

<<the owners

<<despair

<<of them.

It was asked of them:

<<when

<<says it

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<with a majority of gentiles,

<<but

<<with a majority of Israel

<<not,

<<or

<<perhaps

<<even

<<with a majority of Israel

<<too

<<he said it?

If you find to say

<<even

<<with a majority of Israel

<<too

<<he said it —

<<do disagree

<<the Rabbis

<<with him,

<<or

<<do they not

<<disagree?

And if you find to say

<<they disagree —

<<with a majority of Israel

<<certainly

<<they disagree;

<<with a majority of gentiles

<<do they disagree

<<or

<<do they not

<<disagree?

And if you find to say

<<they disagree

<<even

<<with a majority of gentiles —

<<is the halachah

<<like him

<<or

<<is not

<<the halachah

<<like him?

If you find to say

<<the halachah

<<is like him —

<<specifically

<<with a majority of gentiles

<<or

<<even

<<with a majority of Israel?

Come and hear:

<<one who finds

<<money

<<in synagogues

<<and in study halls,

<<and in every

<<place

<<where the public

<<is found

<<there —

<<these

<<are his,

<<because

<<the owners

<<despair

<<of them.

<<Whom

<<have you heard

<<to say

<<that he goes

<<after

<<the majority?

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar —

<<learn from it

<<even

<<with a majority of Israel

<<too.

Here with what are we dealing?

<<With scattered ones.

<<If

<<with scattered ones —

<<what

<<is the relevance of

<<a place

<<where the public

<<is found

<<there?

<<Even

<<where there is not

<<the public

<<found

<<there!

Rather,

<<actually

<<with bundled ones,

<<And here with what are we dealing?

<<With synagogues

<<of

<<gentiles.

<<Study halls —

<<what

<<is there

<<to say?

<<Study halls

<<of ours

<<in which sit

<<in them

<<gentiles.

<<Now

<<that you have come

<<to this,

<<synagogues

<<too

<<of ours

<<in which sit

<<in them

<<gentiles.

Come and hear:

<<if he found

<<in it

<<a lost object —

<<if

<<a majority of Israel

<<he is obligated

<<to announce;

<<if

<<a majority of gentiles

<<he is not

<<obligated

<<to announce.

<<Whom

<<have you heard

<<to say

<<that he said

<<we go

<<after

<<the majority?

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar —

<<learn from it:

<<when

<<says it

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<with a majority of gentiles,

<<but

<<with a majority of Israel

<<not!

Whose is it?

<<The Rabbis'

<<it is;

<<resolve from it

<<that concede

<<to him

<<the Rabbis

<<to Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<with a majority of gentiles.

Rather,

<<actually

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<it is,

<<and even

<<with a majority of Israel

<<too.

<<And here with what are we dealing?

<<With a hidden one.

<<If

<<with a hidden one —

<<what

<<is his business

<<with it?!

<<But we learned:

<<if he found

<<a vessel

<<in a refuse heap —

<<covered

<<he may not

<<touch

<<it;

<<uncovered

<<he takes

<<and announces.

As said

<<Rav Pappa:

<<in a refuse heap

<<that is not

<<meant

<<to be cleared,

<<and he reconsidered

<<about it

<<to clear it.

<<Here too

<<in a refuse heap

<<that is not

<<meant

<<to be cleared,

<<and he reconsidered

<<about it

<<to clear it.