Commentary for Avodah Zarah 26:6

Yonah found R. Ilai as he was standing at the gate of Tyre. He said to him: They taught, “Cattle [bought at the idolatrous fair] should be disabled.” What about a slave? I am not asking about a Jewish slave; what I am asking about is a Canaanite slave. What is the law? The other replied: Why do you ask at all? It has been taught; As to idolaters and [Jewish] shepherds of small cattle, even though one is not obligated to take them out [of a pit], one must not throw them in [to a pit to endanger their lives].

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