Commentary for Kiddushin 34:3
ר' אלעזר בן עזריה אומר דברים ככתבן נתברך בית בגללו מעניקים לו לא נתברך בית בגללו אין מעניקים לו א"כ מה ת"ל הענק תעניק דברה תורה כלשון בני אדם :
The Torah employed human idiom.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where this repetition of the verb is quite common, and has no particular significance, v. B.M. 31b.');"><sup>3</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: A Hebrew male slave serves [his master's] son, but does not serve [his] daughter;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the master died within the six years, leaving one of these as his heir.');"><sup>4</sup></span> a Hebrew female slave serves neither son nor daughter; one who was bored, or is sold to a heathen, serves neither son nor daughter.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
According to the first opinion, even if the master’s house has not prospered while the slave was serving, the master must still grant him a gift. If the house was blessed, the master should (but not must) give him more. If the house was not blessed, there is still a minimal amount.
R. Elazar b. Azariah says the master must give him only if the house was blessed. R. Elazar ben Azariah does not read anything into the word “you shall grant him.” This is simply the only way the Torah could express the idea that if the house was blessed on his behalf, the master should grant him a gift.
R. Elazar b. Azariah says the master must give him only if the house was blessed. R. Elazar ben Azariah does not read anything into the word “you shall grant him.” This is simply the only way the Torah could express the idea that if the house was blessed on his behalf, the master should grant him a gift.
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