Commentary for Bava Kamma 226:8

אבידתו מותרת דאמר רב חמא בר גורי' אמר רב מנין לאבידת הכנעני שהיא מותרת שנאמר (דברים כב, ג) לכל אבדת אחיך לאחיך אתה מחזיר ואי אתה מחזיר לכנעני

R. Bibi b. Giddal said that R. Simeon the pious stated: The robbery of a heathen is prohibited,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. B.M. 87b and Bk. 13b; v. also Tosef. B.K. X, 8 where it is stated that it is more criminal to rob a Canaanite than to rob an Israelite; cf. P.M. II, 5. ');">¹⁴</span> though an article lost by him is permissible. His robbery is prohibited, for R. Huna said: Whence do we learn that the robbery of a heathen is prohibited? Because it says: <i>'And thou shalt consume all the peoples that the Lord thy God shall deliver unto thee'</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VII, 16. ');">¹⁵</span>

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