Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 42:5

(סימן פמג"ש ממקגט"י ככסע"ז)

Raba says: It is an abandonment, because when he becomes aware that he lost it he gives up the hope [of recovering it] as he says [to himself], 'I cannot recognise it by an identification mark,' it is therefore as if he had given up hope from the moment [he lost it].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'abandonment' is deemed to have a retrospective effect, and this entitles the finder to acquire the article. ');">⁹</span> (<i>Mnemonic</i>: PMGSH MMKGTY KKS'Z.)<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mnemonic consisting of Hebrew initials of the teachings that follow. ');">¹⁰</span>

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