Midrash for Bava Metzia 53:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מאי בכלל כל אלו אמר רבא בכלל (דברים כב, ג) כל אבדת אחיך
'Shall I then delete it?' he enquired. — 'No,' he replied; 'interpret the teaching of one who threshed [the grain] by his heathen slaves and bondswomen.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These have no rights of ownership, and even if they lost the money, it still belongs to their master. ');"><sup>4</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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