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does he find it necessary to borrow and eat? After all, his master provides for him. The Talmud answers: This is referring to surplus food, i.e., additional food that the slave wants to eat.
The Talmud raises a difficulty: But if so, let the Temple treasurer say to him: Until now it was enough for you without a surplus; now too it should be enough for you without a surplus. Why do you seek more now? Consequently, the consecration should apply to this surplus as well. The Talmud answers
§ It was stated that the slave borrows and eats and afterward performs work and repays the loan. The Talmud asks: But his work immediately becomes consecrated, as his hands have been consecrated. How, then, can he repay this loan? The Talmud answers: The slave performs work of less than the value o
The Talmud comments: So too, it is reasonable that Rav is referring to a case where the master provides sustenance for him. As Rav says: With regard to one who consecrates the hands of his slave, that slave works and eats, as, if the slave does not work for himself, who will work and provide for hi
The Talmud explains: Granted, if you say that this earlier halakha that Rav said, that the slave borrows and repays, refers to a situation where his master provides sustenance for him, and this is because in general he cannot say to him: Work for me but I will not sustain you, and this second halakh