And if you wish, say:

<<actually

<<the Rabbis;

<<does

<<it teach

<<“they

<<are his”?

<<“He is not

<<obligated

<<to announce”

<<it teaches.

<<And let him leave it,

<<and let come

<<a Jew

<<and give

<<in it

<<a mark

<<and take it.

Come and hear,

<<for Rav Asi said:

<<if he found

<<a barrel of

<<wine

<<in a city

<<whose majority

<<is gentiles —

<<it is permitted

<<on account of

<<a found object

<<but forbidden

<<in benefit.

<<If came

<<a Jew

<<and gave

<<in it

<<a mark —

<<it is permitted

<<in drinking,

<<to its finder.

Like whom?

<<Like Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar.

<<learn from it

<<that when

<<says it

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<with a majority of gentiles,

<<but

<<with a majority of Israel

<<not.

<<Actually

<<I say to you

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<even

<<with a majority of Israel

<<too

<<says it,

<<and Rav Asi

<<holds

<<like him

<<in one matter

<<and differs

<<with him

<<in one matter.

And since

<<after

<<that it is forbidden

<<in benefit,

<<it is permitted

<<on account of

<<a found object —

<<for what

<<halachah?

<<Rav Ashi said:

<<for its jug.

A certain

<<man

<<who found

<<four

<<zuz

<<tied

<<in a sheet

<<and cast

<<into the Biran river,

<<came

<<before

<<Rav Yehuda.

<<He said to him:

<<go

<<announce.

<<But

<<the sweep

<<of

<<the sea

<<it is!

<<Different is

<<the Biran river,

<<since

<<it is dammed

<<he does not

<<despair.

<<But

<<the majority

<<gentiles

<<they are —

<<learn from it

<<there is not

<<a halachah

<<like Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<even

<<with a majority of gentiles!

<<Different is

<<the Biran river,

<<for Jews

<<dammed

<<it

<<and Jews

<<dug

<<it.

<<Since

<<Jews

<<dammed

<<it,

<<say

<<from a Jew

<<it fell;

<<and since

<<Jews

<<dug

<<it,

<<he does not

<<despair.

Rav Yehuda

<<was

<<walking

<<and going

<<after

<<Mar Shmuel

<<in the market

<<of the porridge-sellers.

<<He said to him:

<<if one found

<<here

<<a purse —

<<what is it?

<<He said to him:

<<these

<<are his.

<<If came

<<a Jew

<<and gave

<<in it

<<a mark —

<<what is it?

<<He said to him:

<<he is obligated

<<to return it.

<<Two rulings?!

<<He said to him:

<<beyond the letter of the law.

<<Like

<<that

<<of Shmuel's father,

<<who found

<<those

<<donkeys

<<in the wilderness

<<and returned them

<<to their owners

<<after

<<twelve

<<months of

<<the year —

<<beyond the letter of the law.

Rava

<<was

<<walking

<<and going

<<after

<<Rav Nachman

<<in the market

<<of the leather-workers —

<<and some say it was

<<in the market

<<of the Rabbis.

<<He said to him:

<<if one found

<<here

<<a purse —

<<what is it?

<<He said to him:

<<these

<<are his.

<<If came

<<a Jew

<<and gave

<<in it

<<a mark —

<<what is it?

<<He said to him:

<<these

<<are his.

<<But is he not

<<standing

<<and crying out!

<<He becomes

<<like one crying

<<over

<<his house

<<that fell

<<and over

<<his ship

<<that sank

<<in the sea.

A certain

<<kite

<<that took

<<meat

<<in the market

<<and cast it

<<among the palms

<<of the house of bar Maryon.

<<He came

<<before

<<Abaye.

<<He said to him:

<<go

<<take it

<<for yourself.

<<But

<<the majority

<<are Jews

<<they are —

<<learn from it

<<that the halachah is

<<like Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<even

<<with a majority of Israel!

<<Different is

<<a kite,

<<for like the sweep

<<of

<<the sea

<<it is deemed.

<<But

<<Rav said:

<<meat

<<that was hidden

<<from

<<the eye

<<is forbidden!

<<Where he stands

<<and sees it.

Rabbi Chanina

<<found

<<a kid

<<slaughtered

<<between

<<Teveria

<<and Tzippori,

<<and they permitted it

<<to him.

<<Rabbi Ami said:

<<they permitted it

<<to him

<<on account of

<<a found object

<<like Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar,

<<on account of

<<slaughter

<<Rabbi Chananya son of Rabbi Yosei the Galilean

<<For it was taught:

<<if

<<were lost

<<to him

<<his kids

<<and his chickens,

<<and he went

<<and found them

<<slaughtered —

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<forbids,

<<and Rabbi Chananya son of Rabbi Yosei the Galilean

<<permits.

Rabbi said:

<<appear

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<where he found them

<<in a refuse heap,

<<and the words of

<<Rabbi Chananya son of Rabbi Yosei the Galilean

<<where he found them

<<in a house.

<<Since they permitted it

<<to him

<<on account of

<<slaughter —

<<the majority

<<Jews

<<they are —

<<learn from it

<<that the halachah is

<<like Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar

<<even

<<with a majority of Israel!

<<Rava said:

<<a majority of

<<gentiles

<<but a majority of

<<butchers

<<Jews.

Rabbi Ami

<<found

<<pullets

<<slaughtered

<<between

<<Teveria

<<and Tzippori.

<<He came

<<before

<<Rabbi Asi —

<<and some say it was

<<before

<<Rabbi Yochanan —

<<and some say it was

<<in the study hall.

<<And they said to him:

<<go

<<take it

<<for yourself.

<<Rabbi Yitzchak Nappacha

<<found

<<a bundle

<<of thread

<<at the spinners' place.

<<He came

<<before

<<Rabbi Yochanan —

<<and some say it was

<<in the study hall.

<<And they said to him:

<<go

<<take it

<<for yourself.

MISHNAH:

<<And these

<<he is obligated

<<to announce:

<<if he found

<<produce

<<in a vessel,

<<or

<<a vessel

<<as it is;

<<money

<<in a purse,

<<or

<<a purse

<<as it is;

<<heaps of

<<produce,

<<heaps of

<<money,