Commentary for Kiddushin 32:21

בורח השלמה בעי דתניא מנין לבורח שחייב להשלים ת"ל (שמות כא, ב) שש שנים יעבד

But as for 'the outfit of a male slave belongs to himself - that is obvious! to whom else should it belong? - Said R'Joseph: I see here a yod [turned into a] town.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'A mountain out of a molehill': the yod, being only a small letter, has grown into a whole town! The Tanna has swelled his Baraitha by the inclusion of superfluous matter.');">²²</span> Abaye said: Thus did R'Shesheth say: Who is the authority for this? Totai. For it was taught: Totai said: [Thou shalt furnish] him [liberally]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XV, 14.');">²³</span> - him, but not his creditor.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The gift must not be passed on to the slave's creditor, and that is the Baraitha's teaching.');">²⁴</span> [To turn to] the main text [above:] 'Now, the following are furnished with gifts: - He who is freed by years, jubilee, and his master's death, and a Hebrew bondmaid [freed] by "signs". But no gift is made to a runaway, or him who is freed by a deduction from his purchase price. R'Meir said: No gift is made to a runaway; but he who is freed by a deduction from the purchase price is furnished with a gift. R'Simeon said: Four are presented with gifts, three in the case of a man, and three in the case of a woman. And you cannot say four in the case of either, because "signs" do not apply to a man, nor boring to a woman'. How do we know this? - For our Rabbis taught: I might think that only he who is freed by six [years] is furnished with a gift; how do I know to include one who is freed by jubilee or by his master's death, and a Hebrew bondmaid [freed] by signs? From the verses, thou shalt let hint go free from thee. And when thou lettest him go free from thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 12, 13 ; the repetition teaches that whatever the cause of his freedom, he must be furnished with a gift.');">²⁵</span> [Again] I might think that I include a runaway and one who goes out through a deduction from the purchase price - therefore it is stated: 'and when thou lettest hint go free from thee,' teaching, only he whose dismissal is from thee,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., with the master's good will.');">²⁶</span> thus excluding a runaway and one who is freed by deduction from the purchase price, whose dismissal is not from thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the master is bound to accept a refund, even against his will.');">²⁷</span> R'Meir said: A runaway is not furnished with a gift, since his dismissal is not from thee: but one who is freed by deduction from the purchase price, whose dismissal is from thee,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So he regards it.');">²⁸</span> [is presented with a gift]. A runaway? But he must complete [his term]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After which he should certainly receive a present.');">²⁹</span> For it was taught: How do we know that a runaway is bound to complete [his term]? From the verse, six years he shall serve.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 2; he must complete the period.');">³⁰</span>

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