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p. 44 CHAPTER II. LAWS RELATING TO FOUND ARTICLES, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE KEPT WITHOUT PROCLAMATION, AND HOW FOUND ARTICLES SHALL BE CARED FOR, ETC. MISHNA I.: There are found articles which belong to the finder without any proclamation; namely, scattered fruits or scattered money in a public thoroughfare, small sheaves, strings of pressed figs, bread

p. 1 TRACT BABA METZIA (MIDDLE GATE). CHAPTER I. RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING FOUND ARTICLES, DOCUMENTS, ANIMALS, AND IF ONE APPOINTS A MESSENGER TO PICK UP A FOUND ARTICLE. MISHNA I.: Two persons, who hold a garment, and each of them claims that he has found it, or that the whole belongs to him, (in such a case) each

p. i TRACT BABA METZIA (MIDDLE GATE) CONTENTS. PAGE SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS OF TRACT BABA METZIA (MIDDLE GATE) iii CHAPTER I. RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING FOUND ARTICLES, DOCUMENTS, ANIMALS, AND IF ONE APPOINTS A MESSENGER TO PICK UP A FOUND ARTICLE 1 CHAPTER II. LAWS RELATING TO FOUND ARTICLES, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE KEPT WITHOUT PROCLAMATION, AND HOW FOUND ARTICLES SHALL

p. 251 CHAPTER X. REGULATIONS REGARDING ROBBED ARTICLES WHICH REMAIN AFTER THE DEATH OF THE ROBBER.--IF ONE RECOGNIZES HIS STOLEN ARTICLES AT THE PREMISES OF SOME ONE.--REGARDING ROBBED ESTATES, AFTERWARDS THE GOVERNMENT TOOK IT AWAY, ETC. MISHNA I.: If one has robbed an edible article and used it for his family, or he left the article as it

p. 211 CHAPTER IX THE LAWS RELATING TO THE CHANGE OF THE NAME AND NATURE OF STOLEN ARTICLES, AND WHEN AN ARTICLE BECOMES USELESS. ABOUT SKILFUL MECHANICS WHO SPOIL WORK INTRUSTED TO THEM, AND AS TO THE PLACE TO WHICH A STOLEN ARTICLE MUST BE RETURNED. MISHNA I.: If one has stolen wood and made utensils of it,

The Babylonian Talmud Translated by MICHAEL L. RODKINSON Book 6 (Vols. XI. and XII.) 1918 Tract Baba Kama (First Gate), Part II and Tract Baba Metzia (Middle Gate) Tract Baba Kama (First Gate, part II) Title Page Explanatory Remarks Contents Synopsis of Subjects Chapter IX Chapter X Tract Baba Metzia (Middle Gate), Part I Contents Synopsis of Subjects Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Tract

p. 363 CHAPTER XXIV. REGULATIONS CONCERNING A MAN WHO IS OVERTAKEN BY DUSK ON THE EVE OF SABBATH WHILE TRAVELLING, AND CONCERNING FEEDING OF CATTLE. MISHNA: One who (on the eve of Sabbath) is overtaken by the dusk on the road must give his purse to a Gentile (while it is yet day). If there is no Gentile

p. 342 CHAPTER XXIII. REGULATIONS CONCERNING BORROWING, CASTING LOTS, WAITING FOR THE CLOSE OF THE SABBATH, AND ATTENDING TO A CORPSE. MISHNA: A man may borrow of an acquaintance jugs of wine or oil (on Sabbath), provided he does not say to him: "Lend (them to) me." A woman may also borrow bread from her acquaintance. If the

p. 328 CHAPTER XXII. REGULATIONS CONCERNING PREPARATION OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES. MISHNA: Should a cask break open, sufficient may be saved for three meals. The owner may also call to others: "Come and save for yourselves (whatever you can)." No portion of the leakage, however, may be sponged up (soaked up with a sponge). One must not press

p. 322 CHAPTER XXI. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE POURING OUT OF WINE FROM VESSELS COVERED WITH A STONE (WHICH MUST NOT BE LIFTED), AND THE CLEARING OFF OF CRUMBS, ETC., FROM THE TABLE. MISHNA: One may lift up a (petted) child, that has a stone in its hand, also a basket in which there is a stone; one may