Midrash for Bava Metzia 53:15
ולמאן דנפקא ליה מומצאתה האי אשר תאבד מאי עביד ליה
Our Rabbis taught: [<i>And so shalt thou do with all lost things of thy brother's] which shall be lost to him</i>:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Literal rendering of Deut. XXII, 3. (E.V.: which he hath lost.) ');"><sup>15</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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