like the stones of

<<a kulis shrine

<<what is it?

Come and hear,

<<for it was taught:

<<if he found

<<money

<<scattered —

<<these

<<are his;

<<like the stones of

<<a kulis shrine —

<<he is obligated

<<to announce.

<<And these

<<are

<<the stones of

<<a kulis shrine:

<<one

<<from here

<<and one

<<from here

<<and one

<<upon them.

The Rabbis taught:

<<one who finds

<<a sela

<<in the market,

<<and found him

<<his fellow

<<and said:

<<mine

<<it is,

<<new

<<it is,

<<Neronian

<<it is,

<<of

<<king

<<such-and-such

<<it is —

<<he has not

<<said

<<anything.

<<And not

<<only that,

<<but

<<even

<<his name

<<is written

<<on it —

<<he has not

<<said

<<anything,

<<because

<<there is no

<<mark

<<for a coin.

<<For he says:

<<perhaps

<<spending

<<he spent it

<<and from a person

<<another

<<it fell.

MISHNAH:

<<if he found

<<behind

<<the fence

<<or

<<behind

<<the wall

<<fledglings

<<that are tied,

<<or

<<in the paths

<<that are in the fields —

<<he

<<he may not

<<touch

<<them.

<<If he found

<<a vessel

<<in a refuse heap —

<<if

<<covered

<<he may not

<<touch

<<it;

<<if

<<uncovered

<<he takes

<<and announces.

GEMARA:

<<what is the reason?

<<For we say:

<<these —

<<a person

<<hid them,

<<and if

<<he takes

<<them

<<there is not

<<to them —

<<for their owners —

<<a mark

<<in them;

<<therefore

<<let him leave them

<<until

<<comes

<<their owner

<<and takes

<<them.

And why?

<<Let be

<<the knot

<<a mark!

<<Rabbi Abba bar Zavda said in the name of Rav:

<<with ones tied

<<by their wings,

<<for everyone

<<thus

<<ties

<<them.

And let be

<<a place

<<a mark!

<<Rav Ukva bar Chama said:

<<with ones that hop.

<<If

<<with ones that hop —

<<from elsewhere

<<they came

<<and they are permitted!

One can say

<<from elsewhere

<<they came,

<<and one can say

<<a person

<<hid them,

<<and it is

<<a doubtful

<<placing;

<<And Rabbi Abba bar Zavda said in the name of Rav:

<<any

<<doubtful

<<placing —

<<from the outset

<<he may not

<<take it,

<<and if

<<he took it

<<he may not

<<return it.

“If he found

<<a vessel

<<in a refuse heap —

<<covered

<<he may not

<<touch

<<it;

<<uncovered

<<he takes

<<and announces.”

<<And they contrast it:

<<if he found

<<a vessel

<<hidden

<<in a refuse heap —

<<he takes

<<and announces.

<<for such

<<is the way of

<<a refuse heap

<<to be cleared.

Rav Zevid said:

<<it is not

<<difficult:

<<this

<<is with jars

<<and cups,

<<this

<<is with knives

<<and handles.

<<With jars

<<and cups

<<he may not

<<touch;

<<with knives

<<and handles

<<he takes

<<and announces.

Rav Pappa

<<said:

<<this

<<and that

<<are with jars

<<and cups,

<<and it is not

<<difficult:

<<here

<<with a refuse heap

<<that is meant

<<to be cleared,

<<here

<<with a refuse heap

<<that is not

<<meant

<<to be cleared.

A refuse heap

<<that is meant

<<to be cleared —

<<a loss

<<with knowledge

<<it is!

<<Rather,

<<with a refuse heap

<<that is not

<<meant

<<to be cleared,

<<and he reconsidered

<<about it

<<to clear it.

It is well

<<according to Rav Pappa:

<<that is

<<what it teaches:

<<for such

<<is the way of

<<a refuse heap

<<to be cleared.

<<But

<<according to Rav Zevid —

<<what is

<<“for such

<<is the way of

<<a refuse heap

<<to be cleared”?

<<For such

<<is the way of

<<a refuse heap:

<<to clear

<<from it

<<vessels

<<small.

MISHNAH:

<<if he found

<<in a heap of stones

<<or in a wall

<<that is old —

<<these

<<are his.

<<If he found

<<in a wall

<<that is new:

<<from its middle

<<and outward

<<is his,

<<from its middle

<<and inward

<<is

<<the householder's.

<<If

<<he was

<<renting it out

<<to others —

<<even

<<inside

<<the house,

<<these

<<are his.

GEMARA:

<<it was taught:

<<because

<<he can

<<say

<<to him:

<<of

<<the Emorites

<<they are.

<<Is it so that

<<Emorites

<<hide things,

<<Jews

<<do not

<<hide things?

<<It is not

<<necessary