Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 19:9

א"ל שאני פועל דידו כיד בעל הבית הוא

For what reason? Because it is like one who seizes [a debtor's property] on behalf of a creditor, thereby causing loss to [the debtor's] other [creditors],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The person who lifts up a found object for someone else does not benefit himself, and he deprives other people of the chance of finding and acquiring the object. He is therefore like a person who comes and seizes a debtor's property for the benefit of a creditor, thus depriving other creditors of the chance of recovering their debt. ');">⁹</span>

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