Midrash for Bava Metzia 53:8
אלא אמר רבא חמור דבור לרבי יהודה ושה דאבידה לדברי הכל קשיא
Raba said: Why should the Divine Law have enumerated ox, ass, sheep and garment?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case return them unto thy brother … In like manner shalt thou do with his ass, and so shalt thou do with his garment. — Ibid. 1, 3. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"And thus shall you do with his ass and thus shall you do with his garment": This tells me of these only. Whence do I derive (the same for) other lost objects? From (Ibid.) "and thus shall you do with every lost object of your brother." If so, why is "garment" singled out? Is it not included with all the rest? To serve as the basis for a comparison, viz.: Just as a garment is characterized by possessing (identifying) signs and claimants, thus all objects that are thus characterized (must, if found, be publicized for the owners to come forward).
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