Kiddushin 14b

קידושין י״ד ע״ב

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Topic

How an עבד עברי is acquired with money, and the argument over מוכר עצמו versus one sold by בית דין

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a discussion about the word הנעל in חליצה: the extra ה lets the word teach two lessons. Then a new משנה lists how an עבד עברי is acquired and goes free, adds the extra way an אמה עבריה goes free, and explains how a נרצע goes free. The גמרא looks for the source that a Hebrew slave is acquired with money. It moves step by step: from a slave sold to a נכרי, to the אמה עבריה (והפדה), to the male slave (a היקש), and finally to one who sells himself. That last case is learned either from the גזירה שוה of שכיר שכיר or from the 'ו' of וכי תשיג. The גמרא asks which תנא rejects שכיר שכיר and brings a ברייתא where the תנא קמא and רבי אלעזר argue about four differences between מוכר עצמו and one sold by בית דין. רב טביומי in the name of אביי says that everyone accepts the גזירה שוה. On his view the differences come from specific פסוקים, like ועבדך שש שנים for the six-year limit and אזנו for piercing.

Opening lines

The steps (28)

1. ChallengeThe word 'the shoe' is needed to exclude heel-less sandals
2. ResolutionThe extra ה teaches both lessons
3. Statementמשנה: How a Hebrew slave and maidservant are acquired and go free
4. Statementמשנה: The pierced slave
5. QuestionWhere do we learn that a Hebrew slave is acquired with money?
6. ResponseThe source is 'from the money of his purchase'
7. ChallengeThat פסוק only covers a slave sold to a non-Jew
8. ResolutionProof from 'and he shall let her be redeemed'
9. ChallengeThe maidservant proof may not cover a male slave
10. ResolutionThe verse compares the Hebrew man to the Hebrew woman
11. ChallengeA slave sold by the court may not cover one who sells himself
12. ResolutionA גזירה שוה from the word 'hired worker'
13. ChallengeWhat about the opinion that rejects this גזירה שוה?
14. ResolutionThe 'and' in 'וכי תשיג' links the two sections
15. QuestionWhich תנא Does Not Learn the Hired Worker Link?
16. ResponseA ברייתא: Self-Sold Slave Can Be Sold for More Than Six Years
17. StatementThree More Differences Between the Two Slaves
18. Statementרבי אלעזר: Both Slaves Are the Same
19. ProofIs Their Argument About the Hired Worker Link?
20. Rejectionרב טביומי: Everyone Learns the Link; They Argue About a פסוק
21. ResponseThe תנא קמא's Source: 'He Shall Serve You Six Years'
22. Responseרבי אלעזר uses 'and he shall serve you' for a different lesson
23. QuestionWhere does the תנא קמא learn the heir rule?
24. ResponseThe word 'and he shall serve you' appears a second time
25. QuestionWhat does רבי אלעזר do with the second word?
26. ResponseThe second word comes to make the master feel at ease
27. QuestionWhy is one who sells himself not pierced?
28. Response'His ear' leaves out one who sells himself