Name: _______________________
Please work in pairs to answer these questions
(9) What is a lost object? If one found a donkey or a cow grazing along the path, this is not a lost object; a donkey with its gear overturned, a cow running between vineyards, this is a lost object. If [the finder] returned the animal and it ran away, he returned it and it ran away, even four or five times, he is obligated to return it; as the Torah states, (Deuteronomy 22:1) "You shall surely return them." If [the finder's] lost time is worth a sela, he should not say to him [the owner]: "Give me a sela;" but he should give him his wage like an idle laborer. If there is a court there, he may bring it before the court; if there is not a court there before which to bring it, his own [need] takes precedence.
Why do you think the grazing animal on the side of the road is not considered lost? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Give me a modern day scenario of a "donkey with its gear overturned?"
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Do you agree with the rule that says you must return a lost animal multiple times? Why or why not?
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Please explain how you understand the last part of this mishna
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