Commentary for Kiddushin 144:10

אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל זו דברי ר"מ אבל חכמים אומרים כל ארצות בחזקת כשרות הם עומדות

Hence [it means this]: a slave whose master has authority over him is called a slave; a slave whose master has no authority over him is not called a slave.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence, when their masters renounced ownership and sent them to Mesene, they ipso facto ceased to be slaves.');">¹⁹</span> Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the Mishnah on 69a, which implies that only Babylon enjoys the legal status of unquestioned family purity, as explained by R. Eleazar in the GEMARA:');">²⁰</span> is R'Meir's view.

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