Midrash for Bava Metzia 53:3
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אף השמלה היתה בכלל כל אלו ולמה יצאת להקיש אליה לומר לך מה שמלה מיוחדת שיש בה סימנין ויש לה תובעין אף כל דבר שיש בו סימנין ויש לו תובעים חייב להכריז:
And a tanna recited likewise before R. Nahman: This refers only to one who purchases from a merchant: but if from a private individual, he is bound to return [the coins]. Thereupon R. Nahman observed to him: 'Did then the private individual thresh [the grain] himself?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The money might have been lost by one of his workmen. ');"><sup>3</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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