Hebrew · Jerusalem Talmud, ed. Guggenheimer (Hebrew/Aramaic)חִזְקִיָּה אָמַר מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁהִתְחִיל בָּאוֹצָר כִּמְבוּעָר הוּא. אָתָא עוּבְדָּא קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יָסָא וְהוֹרֵי כְּחִזְקִיָּה. אָמַר לָא דַאֲנָא סְבַר כְּוָותֵיהּ אֶלָּא מִן מַה דַאֲנָן חָמְיָין רַבָּנִין עָבְדִין עוּבְדָּא כְּוָותֵיהּ. רִבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר רְדִיפָה הֲוָה לֵיהּ עוּבְדָּא אֲתָא שְׁאַל לְרִבִּי יִרְמְיָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ מַה אַרְיְוָותָא קָמָיךְ וְאַתְּ שְׁאַל לְתַעֲלָיָיא. אָתָא שָׁאַל לְרִבִּי יֹאשַׁיָּה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ חָמֵי לָךְ תְּלָתָא רְחִמִין וְאַבְקְרָהּ קוֹמֵיהוֹן. קַפּוֹדָקָאֵי דְצִיפּוֹרִין שְׁאָלוּן לְרִבִּי אִימִּי בְּגִין דְּלֵית לְאִילֵּין עַמָּא רְחִם וְלָא שְׁאַל שְׁלֵם אֵיךְ צוֹרְכָה מֵיעֲבַד. אֲמַר לוֹן כַּד תֶּחֱמוּן רַגְלָא צְלִילָא תַהֲווֹן מַפְקִין לָהּ לְשׁוּקָא וּמַבְקְרִין לָיהּ וְחָזְרִין וְזָכְיָין בָּהּ.
English · Heinrich W. GuggenheimerḤizqiah said, once he started with his storage it is as if removed. A case came before Rebbi Assi and he instructed following Ḥizqiah, not that I am agreeing with him but since we see that the rabbis do act following him. Rebbi Isaac bar Redifah had a case, he came before Rebbi Jeremiah who said to him, there are lions before you, why do you ask foxes? He went and asked Rebbi Joshia who said to him, look for three people who love you and declare it abandoned before them. The Kappadokians of Sepphoris asked Rebbi Ammi: Since we have nobody who loves us or even greets us, what should we do? He said to them, when you see that [the market is] clear from steps, bring it out to the market, declare it abandoned, and acquire it again.