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A tanna who recited mishnayot and baraitot in the study hall recited that baraita, where the tanna holds that one is liable for abducting another and selling him to the abductee’s father, before Rav Sheshet. Rav Sheshet said to him: I teach that R' Shimon says: From the term “of his brethren” it i
The Talmud asks: What is the difficulty raised by Rav Sheshet? Perhaps that statement that he cited is the opinion of R' Shimon, while this baraita is the opinion of the Rabbis, who disagree with him.
The Talmud responds: That should not enter your mind, as the unattributed baraita that was cited is a passage from the halakhic midrash on the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy entitled Sifrei, and R' Yoḥanan says: An unattributed Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir; an unattributed
§ The Mishnah teaches that there is a dispute between R' Yehuda and the Rabbis with regard to the liability of one who abducts his son. The Talmud asks: What is the reason for the opinion of the Rabbis, who deem him exempt?
Abaye said: It is derived from the verse that states: “If a man shall be found abducting a person of his brethren” (Deuteronomy 24:7), to exclude one who is already found in the custody of the abductor before the abduction. Since the son is already in the custody of his father, the father is not li