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Sifrei on DeuteronomySifrei Devarim 224

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Sifrei Devarim 224

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 22:3) "And thus shall you do with his ass": It works and it eats.

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"and thus shall you do with his garment": A garment is shaken out once in thirty days. He spreads it out for its need (i.e., to preserve it), but not for his honor.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

Vessels of silver and copper — he uses them for their need, but (he must take care) not to rub them out.

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Vessels of wood — he uses them so that they do not mold.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"And thus shall you do with his ass and thus shall you do with his garment": This tells me of these only. Whence do I derive (the same for) other lost objects? From (Ibid.) "and thus shall you do with every lost object of your brother." If so, why is "garment" singled out? Is it not included with all the rest? To serve as the basis for a comparison, viz.: Just as a garment is characterized by possessing (identifying) signs and claimants, thus all objects that are thus characterized (must, if found, be publicized for the owners to come forward).

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"which shall go lost from him": to exclude (an object worth) less than a perutah, (whose loss he is not conscious of.) R. Yehudah says: "and you find it": to exclude (an object worth) less than a perutah.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"You shall not be able to ignore": This renders "ignoring" transgression of a negative commandment.

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