A deaf-mute gestures and is gestured to; Ben Beseirah, however, says: He moves his lips and is communicated with by means of lip-movements, in [transactions involving] chattels. Young children's purchases are purchases and their sales are sales in [transactions involving] chattels.

These things were declared in the interests of peace: a Kohen reads first, and after him a Levi, and after him a Yisrael, in the interests of peace. An eruv is placed in the [same] house as before, in the interests of peace. The cistern nearest to the channel is filled first, in the interests of peace.  Traps for beasts, birds, and fish are covered by the laws of theft, in the interests of peace. R' Yose says: [It is] actual theft.  An article found by a deaf-mute, a mentally deranged person, or a minor is covered by the laws of theft, in the interests of peace. R' Yose says: [It is] actual theft.  [If] a poor man is cutting at the top of an olive tree, [to take] what [lies] below him is [considered] theft, in the interests of peace. R' Yose says: [It is] actual theft. Poor gentiles are not prevented from [collecting] gleanings, forgotten sheaves, or the unpicked corners of fields, in the interests of peace.