Commentary for Pesachim 52:4

ת"ש אבידה לא ישטחנה לא על גבי מטה ולא על גבי מגוד לצורכו אבל שוטחה לצורכה על גבי מטה ועל גבי מגוד נזדמנו לו אורחין לא ישטחנה לא על גבי מטה ולא על גבי מגוד בין לצורכה בין לצורכו

Come and hear: He may not spread it [viz. ,] a lost [raiment]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which he has found, and awaiting the owner to come and claim it.');">⁷</span> upon a couch or a frame for his needs, but he may spread it out upon a couch or a frame in its own interests. If he was visited by guests, he may not spread it over a bed or a frame, whether in its interests or his own!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus, though he must spread it out, yet since he intends to benefit himself, it is forbidden.');">⁸</span>

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