Midrash for Bava Metzia 55:1
אלא הא דתנן מצא תכריך של שטרות או אגודה של שטרות ה"ז יחזיר הכי נמי דניחא ליה ללוה לאהדורי ליה למלוה
But what of that which we learnt: If one finds a roll of notes or a bundle of notes he must surrender [them]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the creditor, if he states identification marks; v. supra 20a. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"until your brother inquires concerning it": Would it enter your mind to give it to him without his giving identifying signs? Why, then, is it written "until your brother inquires concerning it"? (The meaning must be, then,) "until you make inquiry concerning your brother" (to ascertain) whether or not he is a deceiver, (this being a possible construction of the words in the Hebrew.)
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