Commentary for Bava Metzia 50:13

בשלמא לרב פפא היינו דקתני שכן דרך אשפה לפנות אלא לרב זביד מאי שכן דרך אשפה לפנות שכן דרך אשפה לפנות לה כלים קטנים:

IF A MAN FINDS A VESSEL ON A DUNG HEAP: IF COVERED UP, HE MUST NOT TOUCH IT; IF EXPOSED, HE MUST TAKE AND PROCLAIM IT. But the following contradicts it: If one finds an article hidden in a dungheap, he must take and proclaim it, because it is the nature of a dungheap to be cleared away!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And if he does not take it, a heathen or an unscrupulous Jew may do so when the heap is cleared and keep it for himself. — Now, 'hidden' means that it is covered up, yet it is stated that he must take and proclaim it. ');">¹¹</span>

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