## Nedarim Daf 45a

###### Nedarim 45a:1
[Nedarim 45a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/45a:1)

אִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: הָא דְּאַפְקְרֵיהּ בְּאַנְפֵּי תְרֵין, וְהָא דְּאַפְקְרֵיהּ בְּאַפֵּי תְלָתָא. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יְהוֹצָדָק: כׇּל הַמַּפְקִיר בִּפְנֵי שְׁלֹשָׁה — הָוֵי הֶפְקֵר, בִּפְנֵי שְׁנַיִם — לָא הָוֵי הֶפְקֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If you wish, say** instead: **That** *baraita*, in which it is taught that the item does not leave the possession of the owner until it enters the possession of another, is referring to a case **where** one declared it ownerless **before two** people; **and this** *baraita*, in which it is taught that the item is ownerless when it is declared ownerless, is referring to a case **where** one declared it ownerless **before three** people. **As Rabbi Yoḥanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yehotzadak:** With regard to **anyone who declares** an item **ownerless before three** people, that item **is ownerless;** if he does so **before two** people, **it is not ownerless.**


###### Nedarim 45a:2
[Nedarim 45a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/45a:2)

וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי אָמַר: דְּבַר תּוֹרָה אֲפִילּוּ בְּאֶחָד — הָוֵי הֶפְקֵר, וּמַה טַּעַם אָמְרוּ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא אֶחָד זוֹכֶה וּשְׁנַיִם מְעִידִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: By Torah law, even with one** person, the item **is ownerless, and what** is the **reason** that the Sages **said** that ownerless status must be declared **with three** people? It is **so that one will take possession** of the item **and two** will **testify** that the item was declared ownerless and that it was acquired by that person. It is not a requirement fundamental to the declaration of ownerless status.


###### Nedarim 45a:3
[Nedarim 45a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nedarim/r/45a:3)

**הַדְרָן עֲלָךְ אֵין בֵּין הַמּוּדָּר**