Related%20passage for Bava Metzia 43:6
ומנין הוא יודע אם חושש משום גזל ואם לאו הרי שבא בעל הבית ומצאו ואמר לו כלך אצל יפות אם נמצאו יפות מהן תרומתו תרומה ואם לאו אין תרומתו תרומה ליקטו הבעלים והוסיפו עליהן בין כך ובין כך תרומתו תרומה
But if so, I must refer you to the last part [of the quoted teaching]: 'If the owner was running after them, [the neighbour] must return them': Now if it is a case where [the owner] is able to retrieve them, why state that he is running after them? [They should belong to him] even if he does not run after them! — We deal here with a case where the owner is able to retrieve [the property] with difficulty: If he runs after it [we conclude] that he has not given up the hope [of recovery]; if he does not run after it [we conclude] that he has given up the hope [of recovery]. Come and hear: In what circumstances has it been said that if one sets apart the heave-offering<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Num. XVIII, 8. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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