Commentary for Bava Metzia 24:3
מציאת עבדו ושפחתו העברים הרי הוא של עצמן: אמאי לא יהא אלא פועל ותניא מציאת פועל לעצמו במה דברים אמורים בזמן שאמר לו נכש עמי היום עדור עמי היום
differs from that of R. Hiyya b. Abba. For R. Hiyya b. Abba said in the name of R. Johanan: [By] MAJOR [we do] not [mean one who is] legally a major, nor [do we mean by] MINOR [one who is] legally a minor, but a major who is maintained by his father is regarded as a minor, and a minor who is not maintained by his father is regarded as a major.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore an object found by a son who is maintained by his father, even if he be an adult, belongs to his father (to avoid ill-feeling), and an object found by one who is not maintained by his father, even if he be a minor, belongs to himself. (Rashi.) ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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