But

<<this

<<that we learned:

<<if he found

<<a roll

<<of

<<documents

<<or

<<a bundle

<<of

<<documents —

<<he

<<must return;

<<so too

<<does it please

<<the borrower

<<to return it

<<to him —

<<to the lender?

Rather,

<<Rava said:

<<marks

<<are by Torah law,

<<for it is written:

<<“and it shall be

<<with you

<<until

<<seeks

<<your brother

<<it”;

<<and would

<<it enter

<<your mind

<<that he would give it

<<before

<<he seeks it?!

<<Rather,

<<examine him

<<whether

<<a deceiver

<<he is

<<or

<<he is not

<<a deceiver.

<<Is it not

<<by marks?

<<Learn from it.

Rava said:

<<if you find to say

<<marks

<<are by Torah law.

<<“If you find to say”?!

<<But

<<he resolved it

<<that marks

<<are by Torah law!

<<Because

<<one can say

<<as we answered.

Marks

<<and marks —

<<let him leave it.

<<Marks

<<and witnesses —

<<let it be given

<<to the one with

<<the witnesses.

<<Marks

<<and marks

<<and a witness

<<one —

<<a witness

<<one

<<is like one

<<who is not there

<<it is deemed,

<<and let him leave it.

Witnesses of

<<weaving

<<and witnesses of

<<falling —

<<let it be given

<<to the witnesses of

<<falling,

<<for we say

<<selling

<<he sold it

<<and from a person

<<another

<<it fell.

The measure of

<<its length

<<and the measure of

<<its width —

<<let it be given

<<to the measure of

<<its length,

<<for the measure of

<<its width —

<<estimating

<<he estimates

<<it

<<when

<<covers

<<it

<<its owner

<<and stands by,

<<but the measure of

<<its length

<<he cannot

<<estimate

<<it.

The measure of

<<its length

<<and the measure of

<<its width

<<and the measure of

<<its border —

<<let it be given

<<to the measure of

<<its length

<<and its width.

The measure of

<<its length

<<and the measure of

<<its width

<<and the measure of

<<its weights —

<<let it be given

<<to the measure of

<<its weights.

He

<<says

<<the marks of

<<the get

<<and she

<<says

<<the marks of

<<the get —

<<let it be given

<<to her.

<<With what?

<<If you say

<<with the measure of

<<its length

<<and its width —

<<perhaps

<<while

<<he held

<<it

<<she saw it.

<<Rather,

<<a hole

<<there is

<<in it

<<beside

<<letter

<<such-and-such.

He

<<says

<<the marks of

<<the thread,

<<and she

<<says

<<the marks of

<<the thread —

<<let it be given

<<to her.

<<With what?

<<If you say

<<with white

<<or red —

<<and perhaps

<<while

<<he held

<<it

<<she saw it?

<<Rather,

<<with the measure of

<<its length.

He

<<says

<<in a container

<<and she

<<says

<<in a container —

<<let it be given

<<to him.

<<What is the reason?

<<Knowing

<<she knows

<<that all

<<that

<<he has

<<to him

<<in a container

<<it is

<<that he places

<<it.

MISHNAH:

<<And until

<<when

<<is he obligated

<<to announce?

<<Until

<<such time

<<as they know

<<of it

<<his neighbors —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Meir.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<three

<<festivals,

<<and after

<<the festival

<<the last

<<seven

<<days,

<<so that

<<he may go

<<to his house

<<three,

<<and return

<<three,

<<and announce

<<day

<<one.

GEMARA:

<<it was taught:

<<the neighbors of

<<the lost object.

<<What are

<<the neighbors of

<<the lost object?

<<If you say

<<the neighbors

<<of the owner of

<<the lost object —

<<if

<<he knows

<<him,

<<let him go

<<and return it

<<to him!

<<Rather,

<<the neighbors of

<<the place

<<where it was found

<<in it

<<the lost object.

“Rabbi Yehuda

<<says”

<<etc.

And they contrast it:

<<on the third

<<of Marcheshvan

<<we ask

<<for rain.

<<Rabban Gamliel

<<says:

<<on the seventh

<<of it,

<<which is

<<fifteen

<<days

<<after

<<the festival,

<<so that

<<may reach

<<the last one

<<who is in the land of

<<Israel

<<the river

<<Euphrates!

Rav Yosef said:

<<it is not

<<difficult:

<<here

<<in the Temple

<<the first,

<<here

<<in the Temple

<<the second.

In the Temple

<<the first,

<<where were many

<<Israel

<<very,

<<as it is written

<<of them:

<<“Yehuda

<<and Israel

<<were many

<<as the sand

<<which

<<is by

<<the sea

<<in abundance” —

<<we require

<<all this.

<<In the Temple

<<the second,

<<where were not

<<many

<<Israel

<<very,

<<as it is written

<<of them:

<<“the whole

<<assembly

<<together

<<four

<<myriad

<<two thousand

<<three

<<hundred

<<sixty” —

<<we do not

<<require

<<all this.

Abaye said to him:

<<but

<<it is written

<<“and dwelt

<<the priests

<<and the Levites

<<etc.

<<and the singers

<<and the gatekeepers

<<and all

<<Israel

<<in their cities”.

And since

<<so

<<it is,

<<the opposite

<<stands to reason:

<<the Temple

<<the first,

<<where were many

<<Israel

<<very,

<<where was settled

<<the world,

<<and were found

<<caravans

<<that travel

<<both

<<by day

<<and

<<by night —

<<we do not

<<require

<<all this,

<<and it suffices

<<in three

<<days.

<<The Temple

<<the second,

<<where were not

<<many

<<Israel

<<very,

<<and was not

<<settled

<<the world,

<<and were not

<<found

<<caravans

<<that travel

<<both

<<by day

<<and

<<by night —

<<we require

<<all this.

Rava

<<said:

<<it makes no difference

<<in the Temple

<<the first

<<and it makes no difference

<<in the Temple

<<the second:

<<they did not

<<trouble

<<the Rabbis

<<over a lost object

<<more

<<than due.

Ravina said:

<<learn from it

<<that when

<<he announces,

<<“a cloak”

<<he announces.

<<For if

<<it enters your mind

<<“a lost object”

<<he announces —

<<we would require

<<to add

<<for him

<<one

<<day

<<to examine

<<his garments.

<<Rather,

<<learn from it:

<<“a cloak”

<<he announces.

<<Learn from it.

Rava

<<said:

<<even

<<you may say

<<“a lost object”

<<he announces —

<<they did not

<<trouble

<<the Rabbis

<<over a lost object

<<more

<<than due.

The Rabbis taught:

<<festival

<<first

<<he says

<<“festival

<<first”;

<<festival

<<second

<<he says

<<“festival

<<second”;

<<festival

<<third

<<he says

<<without specifying.

And why?

<<Let him say

<<“festival

<<third”!

<<So that it will not

<<come

<<to be confused

<<with the second.

<<The second

<<too