ing ▁the ▁father ▁and ▁ful fill ing ▁the ▁positive ▁command ment ▁“ H on or ▁your ▁father ” ▁in ▁ ▁the ▁person ▁would ▁viol ate ▁the ▁positive ▁command ment ▁“ And ▁you ▁shall ▁certainly ▁return ▁it ,” ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁negative ▁command ment ▁“ You ▁may ▁not ▁ignore ▁it .” ▁ ▁And ▁reading ▁ ▁“ All ▁objects ▁lost ▁by ▁your ▁colle ague ,” ▁Ma imon ides ▁taught ▁that ▁if ▁a ▁person ▁sees ▁flo od ▁waters ▁coming ▁that ▁will ▁ru in ▁a ▁building ▁or ▁a ▁field ▁belonging ▁to ▁a ▁colle ague , ▁the ▁person ▁is ▁oblig ated ▁to ▁put ▁up ▁a ▁bar rier ▁before ▁the ▁waters ▁to ▁check ▁them . ▁ ▁Ma imon ides ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁mention ▁of ▁“ All ” ▁in ▁ ▁includes ▁the ▁dev ast ation ▁of ▁property . ▁ ▁Ma imon ides ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁object ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁rest oring ▁lost ▁property ▁to ▁its ▁owner ▁in ▁ ▁is ▁plain . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁instance , ▁it ▁is ▁in ▁itself ▁a ▁good ▁feature ▁in ▁a ▁person ' s ▁character . ▁ ▁Second ly , ▁its ▁benefit ▁is ▁mut ual : ▁ ▁For ▁if ▁a ▁person ▁does ▁not ▁return ▁the ▁lost ▁property ▁of ▁another , ▁nobody ▁will ▁restore ▁to ▁the ▁person ▁what ▁the ▁person ▁may ▁lose , ▁just ▁as ▁those ▁who ▁do ▁not ▁honor ▁their ▁parents ▁cannot ▁expect ▁to ▁be ▁hon ored ▁by ▁their ▁children . ▁ ▁The ▁Se fer ▁ha - Ch in uch ▁also ▁taught ▁that ▁the ▁root ▁of ▁ ▁is ▁plain ▁— ▁as ▁there ▁is