Commentary for Bava Metzia 56:4
ת"ר אבן טוען היתה בירושלים כל מי שאבדה לו אבידה נפנה לשם וכל מי שמוצא אבידה נפנה לשם זה עומד ומכריז וזה עומד ונותן סימנין ונוטלה וזו היא ששנינו צאו וראו אם נמחת אבן הטוען:
— it was enacted that the proclamation should be made in the synagogues and schoolhouses. But when the oppressors increased, it was enacted that one's neighbours and acquaintances should be informed, and that sufficed. What is meant by 'when the oppressors increased'? — They insisted that lost property belonged to the king.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That was Persian law, which the Jews felt justified in secretly resisting. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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