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The Talmud answers: According to one Master, R' Shimon, this term serves to exclude money. According to the other Master, R' Eliezer, it serves to exclude mules.
A baraita states with regard to the verse: “And you shall grant severance to him out of your flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress, of that with which YHWH your God has blessed you” (Deuteronomy 15:14). One might have thought that if the house is blessed due to him, then
R' Elazar ben Azarya says: The meaning of the statements of the Torah is as they are written, i.e., as indicated by a straightforward reading of the verse. Therefore, if the house was blessed due to him, the master grants him a severance gift, and if the house was not blessed due to him, he doe
§ A baraita states: A Hebrew slave serves the son of his deceased master but does not serve the daughter. A Hebrew female slave serves neither the son nor the daughter, but only the master. A pierced slave and a Hebrew slave sold to a non-Jew serve neither the son nor the daughter. The Master said
As A baraita states, with regard to a verse that deals with a Hebrew slave: “And he shall serve you 6 years” (Deuteronomy 15:12). This indicates that he serves you and not an heir, i.e., if the master dies his slave does not serve one who inherits his estate. Do you say: You and not an heir, or pe