Commentary for Shekalim 7:4

בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנִּמְצֵאת מִירוּשָׁלַיִם וְעַד מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר, וּכְמִדָּתָהּ לְכָל רוּחַ, זְכָרִים, עוֹלוֹת. נְקֵבוֹת, זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הָרָאוּי לִפְסָחִים, פְּסָחִים קֹדֶם לָרֶגֶל שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם:

If a beast were found between Jerusalem and Migdal Eder, or a similar distance on all sides, the males are burnt-offerings, [for we assume that it came from Jerusalem, and most of the males in Jerusalem are burnt-offerings]; the females are peace-offerings, [for most of the females (in Jerusalem) are peace-offerings]. R. Yehudah says: What is fit for a Pesach offering [a one-year-old male from lambs or goats] is a Pesach offering, [and the finder may sacrifice it as his Pesach offering. If the owner comes afterwards, the finder compensates him for it ] (this,) before the festival thirty days [i.e., from the time they begin to review the halachoth of Pesach and people separate their Pesach offerings. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.]

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