Commentary for Bava Metzia 46:6

אביי אמר אפילו תימא אידי ואידי ברשום ולא קשיא כאן קודם שנפתחו האוצרות כאן לאחר שנפתחו האוצרות כי הא דרב יעקב בר אבא אשכח חביתא דחמרא לאחר שנפתחו האוצרות אתא לקמיה דאביי א"ל זיל שקול לנפשך

The Master said [as quoted above]: 'Barrels of wine, oil, corn, dried figs, or olives belong to the finder.' But have we not learnt: Jars of wine and jars of oil have to be announced?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 25a. ');">¹⁴</span> — R. Zera answered in the name of Rab: Our Mishnah deals with sealed [barrels].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Barrels which had been opened for the purpose of taking a sample of the wine, and were sealed again by the vendor with his own (distinctive) seal before delivery. ');">¹⁵</span> 'It must thus be assumed that the Baraitha deals with open [barrels] — but open barrels constitute a deliberate loss!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Barrels of wine which have been left open become unfit for use (cf. Ter. VIII, 4), and the person who leaves it open knows that he is incurring a loss. ');">¹⁶</span>

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