Commentary for Bava Metzia 40:22

ת"ש נמצא לאחד בין שטרותיו שטרו של יוסף בן שמעון פרוע שטרות שניהם פרועין

Here also — he announces [that he found] documents.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without stating the number, and the loser has to state how many documents there were. The Mishnah therefore says 'THREE' — for if there were only two documents, and the finder used the plural ('documents') in announcing them, which means at least two, the number might be guessed, and could not therefore be regarded as 'a distinguishing mark'. ');">²¹</span>

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