Commentary for Bava Metzia 46:10

ר"ש בן אלעזר אומר וכו': מאי אנפוריא א"ר יהודה אמר שמואל כלים חדשים שלא שבעתן העין היכי דמי אי אית בהו סימן כי לא שבעתן העין מאי הוי אי דלית בהו סימן כי שבעתן העין מאי הוי

Some have another version: R. Mari said: For what reason did the Rabbis maintain<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Read preferably with some texts, 'What is the reason of the one who maintains, etc.?'] ');">²⁶</span> that the place constitutes no identification mark? Because we say to him: As it happened to you in this place, so it may have happened to your neighbour in this [same] place. Once a man found some pitch in a winepress. So he appeared before Rab, and the latter said to him: Go and take if for yourself. When [Rab] saw that he hesitated [to do so] he said to him: Go and share it with my son Hiyya. Shall we then say that Rab is of the opinion that the place [where an article is found] does not constitute an identification mark? — R. Abba answered: It was appropriated because it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'they considered the fact that it, etc.' ');">²⁷</span>

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