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: “Lost item of your brother” — excluding the lost item of a non-Jew.
On the daf / in context: The word “achikha” continues to limit the Torah-level obligation to the property of a fellow Jew.
Type of Learning
Limiting derash (mi’ut) on “achikha.”
What Is Learned
The biblical commandment of returning lost property is directed toward the property of a fellow Jew; the property of a non-Jew is not included at the Torah level.