with oxen,

<<whose loss

<<is great.

“He spreads it

<<for its own need

<<but

<<not

<<for his own honor”

<<etc.

<<It was asked of them:

<<for his need

<<and for its need —

<<what is it?

Come and hear:

<<“he spreads it

<<for its own need” —

<<for its own need

<<yes;

<<but

<<for his need

<<and for its need

<<no!

<<Say

<<the latter clause:

<<“but

<<not

<<for his own honor” —

<<for his own honor

<<it is

<<that it is not,

<<but

<<for its need

<<and for his need

<<well

<<it is deemed.

<<Rather,

<<from this

<<there is nothing

<<to be learned

<<from it.

Come and hear:

<<he may not

<<spread it

<<neither

<<upon

<<a bed

<<nor

<<upon

<<a rack

<<for his own need;

<<but

<<he may spread it

<<upon

<<a bed

<<or upon

<<the surface of

<<a rack

<<for its own need.

<<If there happened

<<to him

<<guests —

<<he may not

<<spread it

<<neither

<<upon

<<a bed

<<nor

<<upon

<<a rack

<<whether

<<for his need

<<or

<<for its need!

Different is

<<there,

<<for burning

<<he burns

<<it —

<<either

<<because of

<<the evil eye,

<<or

<<because of

<<thieves.

Come and hear:

<<if he brought it in

<<to the stall

<<and it threshed —

<<it is valid;

<<in order

<<that it should suckle

<<and thresh —

<<it is invalid.

<<But

<<here

<<it is for his need

<<and for its need

<<it is,

<<and it teaches

<<it is invalid!

Different is

<<there,

<<for said

<<the verse:

<<“which

<<has not

<<been worked

<<with” —

<<from any

<<cause.

If so,

<<even

<<the first clause

<<too!

This

<<is not

<<comparable

<<except

<<to this,

<<that we learned:

<<if rested

<<upon it

<<a bird —

<<it is valid;

<<if mounted

<<upon it

<<a male —

<<it is invalid.

<<What is the reason?

As Rav Pappa,

<<for Rav Pappa said:

<<if

<<it were written

<<“was worked”

<<and we read

<<“was worked”

<<I would say:

<<even

<<of itself.

<<And if

<<it were written

<<“he worked”

<<and we read

<<“he worked”

<<I would say:

<<until

<<he works

<<with it

<<himself.

Now

<<that it is written

<<“he worked”

<<and we read

<<“was worked”

<<we require

<<“was worked”

<<similar

<<to “he worked”:

<<just as

<<“he worked”

<<pleases him,

<<so too

<<“was worked”

<<pleases him.

vessels of

<<silver

<<or vessels of

<<copper —

<<he uses

<<them

<<etc.

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<one who finds

<<vessels of

<<wood —

<<he uses

<<them

<<so

<<that they not

<<rot;

<<vessels of

<<copper —

<<he uses

<<them

<<with hot water,

<<but

<<not

<<by

<<fire,

<<because

<<it wears them down;

<<vessels of

<<silver —

<<he uses

<<them

<<with cold water,

<<but

<<not

<<with hot water,

<<because

<<it blackens them;

<<shovels

<<and axes —

<<he uses

<<them

<<on soft material,

<<but

<<not

<<on hard,

<<because

<<it damages them;

<<vessels of

<<gold

<<or vessels of

<<glass —

<<he may not

<<touch

<<them

<<until

<<comes

<<Eliyahu.

Just as

<<they said

<<with a lost object,

<<so

<<they said

<<with a deposit.

<<A deposit —

<<what

<<is his business

<<with it?

<<Rav Adda bar Chama said in the name of Rav Sheshes:

<<with a deposit

<<that went

<<their owners

<<to a country

<<overseas.

“If he found

<<a sack

<<or

<<a basket

<<[or any

<<thing]

<<that it is not

<<his way

<<to carry —

<<he

<<may not

<<take it.”

<<From where are these things?

<<For the Rabbis taught:

<<“and you shall hide yourself” —

<<there are times

<<that you

<<hide yourself

<<and there are times

<<that not

<<you

<<hide yourself.

This

<<how is it?

<<If he was

<<a kohen

<<and it was

<<in a

<<cemetery,

<<or

<<that he was

<<an elder

<<and it was not

<<according to

<<his honor,

<<or

<<that was

<<the work

<<of his own

<<greater

<<than that of

<<his fellow —

<<for that

<<it is said:

<<“and you shall hide yourself

<<from them”.

For what

<<is needed

<<the verse?

<<If you say

<<for a kohen

<<and it was

<<in a

<<cemetery —

<<it is obvious:

<<this

<<is a positive command

<<and this

<<is a prohibition

<<and a positive command,

<<and does not

<<come

<<a positive command

<<and override

<<—

<<is a prohibition

<<and a positive command;

<<and further:

<<we do not

<<override

<<a prohibition

<<before

<<a monetary matter.

Rather,

<<for his own

<<greater

<<than that of

<<his fellow —

<<from what Rav

<<Yehuda

<<Rav said

<<it is derived,

<<for Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<“only

<<when