Commentary for Bava Kamma 193:13

א"ל התם נשתנה טעמו וריחו הכא לא נשתנה

Some at the house of R. Joseph b. Hama used to seize slaves of people who owed them money, and make them perform some work. Raba his son said to him: Why do you, Sir, allow this to be done? — He thereupon said to him: Because R. Nahman stated that the [work of the] slave is not worth the bread he eats. He rejoined:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Raba to his father, R. Joseph. ');">¹⁰</span>

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