Commentary for Gittin 23:14

לעולם דאמר ליה ואשה בדלא ספקה

and in a year of scarcity he cannot earn enough. [In that case] Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel holds that the slave can say to the master, 'Either maintain me or let me go free, so that people may see me and have pity on me', whereas the Rabbis hold the view that those who pity free men pity also slaves.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore there is no need to let him go free. ');">¹²</span>

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