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Jerusalem Talmud Bava Metzia 2.4

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

MISHNAH: If one found pigeon chicks bound together behind a temporary or permanent fence or on paths between fields, he should not touch them. If one found a vessel on garbage heaps, if it was covered he should not touch it, if in the open he should take it and make it public. What one found in a heap or an old wall belongs to him. At a new wall, from the middle to the outside belongs to him, from the middle to the inside belongs to its owner. If he was renting out to others, even what is inside the house belongs to him.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

HALAKHAH: “If one found behind a temporary fence”, etc. Rav Jehudah said: Only pigeon chicks tied together at their wings. Rebbi Abba bar Zavda found a ring covered in a box and took it. He came and asked Rav, who told him, you did not act correctly. He said, shall I return it? He answered, no, for we might say that his owner came, looked for it, did not find it and gave up hope for it.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

It was stated: What one found on a garbage heap he has to make public, for garbage is moved. What one found in a heap or an old wall belongs to him, for I am saying that it belonged to the Emorites. It was stated: If one found between planks, from the door and inside is like inside, from the door and outside is like outside. If it was opening to the inside, even from from the middle to the outside belongs to the owner of the property; if it was opening to the outside, even from the middle to the inside belongs to the finders.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

“If he was renting out to others, even what is inside the house belongs to him.” Rebbi Jeremiah says, they disagree about a hostelry, but in a courtyard everybody agrees that he is required to make it public. Rebbi Yose said, they disagree about a courtyard, but in a hostelry everybody agrees that it belongs to its finder.

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The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

Hebrew/Aramaic text: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015), via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

English translation: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015); commentary notes omitted, via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

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