three

<<coins

<<one

<<upon

<<another,

<<small sheaves

<<in a private domain,

<<and loaves

<<of

<<a householder,

<<and shearings of

<<wool

<<that are taken

<<from the house of

<<the craftsman,

<<jugs of

<<wine

<<and jugs of

<<oil —

<<these

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

GEMARA:

<<the reason is

<<that he found

<<produce

<<in a vessel

<<or money

<<in a purse;

<<but

<<a vessel

<<and before it

<<produce,

<<a purse

<<and before it

<<money —

<<these

<<are his.

<<We have learned

<<this,

<<for the Rabbis taught:

<<if he found

<<a vessel

<<and before it

<<produce,

<<a purse

<<and before it

<<money —

<<these

<<are his.

<<Some of them

<<in the vessel

<<and some of them

<<upon

<<the ground,

<<some of them

<<in the purse

<<and some of them

<<upon

<<the ground —

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

And they contrast it:

<<if he found

<<a thing

<<that has not

<<in it

<<a mark

<<beside

<<a thing

<<that has

<<in it

<<a mark —

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

<<If came

<<the owner of

<<the mark

<<and took

<<what is his —

<<has acquired

<<the other

<<the thing

<<that has not

<<in it

<<a mark.

Rav Zevid said:

<<it is not

<<difficult:

<<this

<<is with a jar

<<and flax,

<<this

<<is with a basket

<<and produce.

Rav Pappa

<<said:

<<this

<<and that

<<are with a basket

<<and produce,

<<and it is not

<<difficult:

<<this

<<is where remained

<<in it

<<something,

<<this

<<is where did not

<<remain

<<in it

<<anything,

And if you wish, say:

<<this

<<and that

<<are where did not

<<remain

<<in it

<<anything,

<<and it is not

<<difficult:

<<this

<<is where is turned

<<its mouth

<<toward

<<the produce,

<<this

<<is where is not

<<turned

<<its mouth

<<toward

<<the produce,

And if you wish, say:

<<this

<<and that

<<are where is turned

<<its mouth

<<toward

<<the produce,

<<and it is not

<<difficult:

<<this

<<is where it has

<<it

<<rims

<<to the basket,

<<this

<<is where it has not

<<it

<<rims

<<to the basket.

“Heaps of

<<produce

<<and heaps of

<<money.”

<<You learn from it

<<that number

<<is

<<a mark —

<<teach:

<<“a heap of

<<produce”.

<<You learn from it

<<that a place

<<is

<<a mark —

<<teach:

<<“heaps of

<<produce”.

“Three

<<coins

<<one

<<upon

<<another.”

<<Rabbi Yitzchak Magdela'ah said:

<<and that is

<<where they are set

<<like towers.

<<It was also taught so:

<<if he found

<<money

<<scattered —

<<these

<<are his;

<<set

<<like towers

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

<<And these

<<are

<<set

<<like towers:

<<three

<<coins

<<one

<<upon

<<another.

This itself is difficult:

<<you said

<<if he found

<<money

<<scattered —

<<these

<<are his;

<<but

<<partly overlapping

<<one another —

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

<<Say

<<the latter clause:

<<set

<<like towers

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

<<but

<<partly overlapping

<<one another —

<<these

<<are his!

<<The Tanna:

<<anything

<<that is not

<<set

<<like towers

<<“scattered”

<<he calls

<<them.

Rabbi Chanina said:

<<they taught it only

<<except

<<of

<<three

<<kings,

<<but

<<of

<<king

<<one

<<he is not

<<obligated

<<to announce.

<<What is the case?

<<If

<<where they are set

<<like towers —

<<even

<<of

<<king

<<one

<<too;

<<and if

<<where they are not

<<set

<<like towers —

<<even

<<of

<<three

<<kings

<<too

<<not!

Rather,

<<if

<<it was stated,

<<thus

<<it was stated:

<<they taught it only

<<except

<<of

<<king

<<one

<<like

<<three

<<kings,

<<but

<<of

<<king

<<one

<<he is not

<<obligated

<<to announce.

<<And what is the case

<<that they are set

<<like towers?

<<The wide one

<<beneath,

<<and the middle one

<<upon it,

<<and the small one

<<upon

<<the middle one.

<<For we say:

<<placing

<<he placed them.

<<But

<<of

<<king

<<one

<<where they are all

<<alike

<<they are —

<<even though

<<they lie

<<one upon another —

<<these

<<are his;

<<say:

<<by chance

<<it happened

<<and together

<<they fell.

And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<even

<<of

<<king

<<one

<<too

<<he announces.

<<What

<<does he announce?

<<The number.

<<What

<<is the relevance of

<<three?

<<Even

<<two

<<too.

<<Ravina said:

<<“coins”

<<he announces.

Asked

<<Rabbi Yirmeya:

<<like a bracelet —

<<what is it?

<<like a row —

<<what is it?

<<like a tripod —

<<what is it?

<<like a ladder —

<<what is it?

Resolve

<<from this

<<one,

<<for Rav Nachman said in the name of Rabbah bar Avuha:

<<any

<<that if

<<he inserts

<<for them

<<a splinter

<<between them

<<and lifts them

<<at once —

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

Asked

<<Rav Ashi: