Commentary for Kiddushin 39:21
לא באת לידו עד שלוה ברבית שנא' (ויקרא כה, לה) וכי ימוך אחיך ומטה ידו עמך וסמיך ליה אל תקח מאתו וגו' לא באת לידו עד שמוכר את עצמו שנאמר (ויקרא כה, כה) וכי ימוך אחיך ונמכר לך
A man who trades in seventh year produce must eventually sell his movables, for it is said: In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 13: this concludes the sections on the seventh year and jubilee.');"><sup>25</sup></span> and in juxtaposition thereto, and if thou sell aught 'into thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14.');"><sup>26</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The next thing he will have to do is borrow with interest, which is a dangerous endeavor.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Ultimately, he will come to sell himself off to idolatry itself. The midrash here expounds on some of the superfluity in Leviticus 25:47 reading into it three categories—a convert, a righteous non-Jew, a non-Jew, and then adding in even to be a slave for a Temple.
This is the end of the midrash. The question therefore has been asked—why is the law lenient when it comes to the redemption price when we can see that someone who sells himself into slavery must have, at one point, committed the serious sin of violating the Sabbatical year.
This is the end of the midrash. The question therefore has been asked—why is the law lenient when it comes to the redemption price when we can see that someone who sells himself into slavery must have, at one point, committed the serious sin of violating the Sabbatical year.
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