Study Bava Metzia folio 29B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
The Talmud answers that the statement in the Mishnah: Therefore, if the money is lost, he is liable to pay restitution for it, can be explained in accordance with the statement of Rabba, as Rabba says concerning another Mishnah (58a): When the tanna says that they were stolen, the reference is to a
Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Tarfon, who said that it is permitted for the finder to use the money. The Talmud relates: There were these dinars that belonged to orphans that were in the possession of Raḥava. Raḥava came before Rav Yosef and
Abaye said to Rav Yosef: Wasn’t it stated concerning this halakha that R' Ḥelbo says that Rav Huna says: The rabbis taught this halakha, that it is permitted to use the money, only in a case of money received from the sale of a lost item that one found and that is no longer financially viable for o
Mishnah: If one found scrolls, he reads them once in 30 days in order to ventilate them and prevent mold. And if he does not know how to read, he rolls and unrolls them in order to ventilate them. But he shall not study passages in them for the first time, as he would leave the scroll exposed to t
If one found a garment, he shakes it once in 30 days, and he spreads it out for its sake, to ventilate it, but he may not use it as a decoration for his own prestige.