Vocab
אבידה
What is "a lost object"?
I am the Hebrew phrase that means "returning a lost object"
What is השבת אבידה?
"Going beyond the letter of the law"
What is "לפנים משורת הדין"?
I am the place in Yerushalayim to return lost things
What is "אבן טוען"?
A book of discussion on the משנה
What is "Gemara"?
להכריז
I am יאוש
What is "giving up hope"?
Shimon ben Shetach found this on his donkey and returning it to this person
What are "a gemstone" and "the Yishmaeli merchant"?
Persian law says that you should do this with your lost objects
What is "give them to the king"?
The response to a בעיה
What is תשובה?
פטור
What is "exempt"?
You need me to return lost things
What are סימנים?
Rav Yehuda asked this קושיא of Shmuel
What is "Both?!" or "why don't your statements contradict?"?
When the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed, people would announce lost objects this way
What is "publicly, in the Beit Midrash or Beit Knesset"?
The kind of Rabbi that preceded the אמוראים
What are תנאים?
התקינו
What is "they established"?
I am the reason that you can keep something you find in a busy place EVEN if there is a sign
What is "the owner has יאוש"?
Shmuel's father found me and returned me even after 12 months
What are "donkeys in the desert"?
I am the unclear words of the Beraita that the Gemara asked about
What is משרבו האנסין?
My name means "outsider," because I was excluded from the משנה
What is ברייתא?
כדי
What is "in order that"?
I am a person to whom you DON'T need to return lost things
What is "a non-Jew"?
I am Shmuel's two contradictory statements
What are "you can keep a wallet you found here" and "you must return it if someone shows signs"?
The reason that you give an extra week after the Shalosh Regalim to return lost things
What is "so people have 3 days to go home, 3 days to come back, and one more day to get the object"?
The latter part of a משנה
What is סיפא?