The mishna discusses someone who sees an item and asks someone to pick it up for him. \u00a0As long as he hasn’t yet handed it to the person who asked him to pick it up, the person can claim that it is his own. \u00a0The gemara tries to reconcile this with a mishna in Peah that describes someone who takes part of the corner of another’s field on behalf of a poor person. \u00a0There is a concept that one who takes money from a debtor for a friend when the debtor also owes others and may not have enough funds to go around cannot acquire the money for his friend. \u00a0The question is does the same thing apply to a lost item since potentially it is causing everyone else not to acquire it or do we say since there is no potential financial loss for anyone as the lost item wasn’t something they are owed, then he can acquire it for the friend. \u00a0The mishna then discusses that one who jumps on an item also doesn’t acquire it. \u00a0Reish Lakish brings a halacha that one acquires everything within 4 cubits surrounding a person. \u00a0The gemara then questions this from a mishna in Peah and also our mishna and two answers are brought for each source to explain why it doesn’t contradict. \u00a0Reish Lakish and Rabbi Yochanan debate whether a minor girl’s divorce document can be given to her by placing in her courtyard or in the 4 cubits surrounding her. \u00a0The gemara explains that the argument is based on whether a courtyard functions as an extension of one’s hand or as a messenger.<\/p>\n