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this is referring to one sold for idol worship itself, i.e., he is forced to sell himself as a slave to work in a temple of idol worship. The baraita teaches that it is only due to a person’s sins that he reaches a point where he has to sell himself as a slave. Therefore, one should be stringent wi
Abaye said to that Sage: There, the verse brings him back, i.e., one must strive to redeem a Jew who has been sold as a slave. As the school of R' Yishmael taught: Since this person who sold himself as a slave has gone and become a priest for idol worship, one might say: Let us throw a stone after
The Talmud further asks: But one can say as follows: “He shall be redeemed,” so that he will not be assimilated among the non-Jews. But with regard to the matter of his redemption and freedom, let us act strictly with him, as derived from that which R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina, said, that one is s
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: Two verses are written with regard to the redemption of a slave sold to a non-Jew. It is written: “If there be yet many of the years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for” (Leviticus 25:51), and it is w
The Talmud asks: But one can say that this is what the Torah is saying: In a case where he served for two years and an additional 4 years remain for his service, as indicated by the phrase “if there be yet many of the years,” let him give his redemption money for the 4 years he owes him “out of the