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And if you wish, say instead that actually the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. Is it taught in the Mishnah that the items are his? It is taught that he is not obligated to proclaim his find. He may not keep them, but he shall place the items in his possession and a Jew will
Come and hear a proof from that which Rav Asi says: If one found a jug of wine in a city whose population has a majority of non-Jews, keeping the jug is permitted in terms of the halakhot of finding lost items because it presumably belonged to a non-Jew, and deriving benefit from the wine is prohi
The Talmud explains the proof: In accordance with whose opinion is this statement of Rav Asi? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon ben Elazar. Conclude from it that when R' Shimon ben Elazar stated his opinion, it was only with regard to a place where there is a majority of non-Jews; bu
The Talmud clarifies: And once it was established that deriving benefit from the wine is prohibited, then with regard to the fact that it is permitted in terms of the halakhot of finding lost items, for what matter is that halakha relevant? Rav Ashi said: It is relevant with regard to deriving ben
The Talmud relates: There was a certain man who found 4 dinars that were bound in a cloth and cast into the Biran River. He came before Rav Yehuda and asked how to proceed. Rav Yehuda said: Go proclaim your finding. The Talmud asks: But isn’t it a case of an item lost in the tide of the sea that sho