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because perhaps one who hears him will come to confuse it with the first pilgrimage Festival? The Talmud answers: Confusing the second Festival with the first is not a problem, as in any case, won’t the finder come on the third pilgrimage Festival, thereby giving the owner another opportunity to re
§ A baraita states: Initially, anyone who found a lost item would proclaim his find for 3 pilgrimage Festivals and for 7 days after the last of the 3 pilgrimage Festivals, so that its owner will go to his home, a trip lasting up to 3 days, and will return to Jerusalem, a trip lasting up to 3 days,
The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of: From the time that the oppressors proliferated? The Talmud answers: It is from the time that they say: A lost item belongs to the king. The rabbis were concerned that any public proclamation would result in confiscation of the lost item. The Talmud relates:
A baraita states: There was a Claimant’s Stone in Jerusalem, and anyone who lost an item would be directed there and anyone who found a lost item would be directed there. This finder would stand and proclaim his find and that owner would stand and provide its distinguishing marks and take the item.
Mishnah: If a claimant accurately stated what type of item the lost item that was found by another is, but did not state, i.e., describe, its distinguishing marks, the finder shall not give it to him. And in the case of a swindler, even though he stated its distinguishing marks, the finder shall