And so shall you do with his donkey, and so shall you do with his garment, and so shall you do with every lost item of your brother’s that he loses and you find; you shall not be able to hide yourself.
English: “You shall not be able to hide yourself” — this is a positive commandment.
On the daf / in context: In addition to the negative commandment against ignoring, the verse is also understood as establishing a positive duty to act.
Type of Learning
Derash identifying a positive commandment within the verse’s language.
What Is Learned
Besides the prohibition against ignoring a lost object, there is a positive commandment to take action to return it.