Commentary for Kiddushin 42:13
איבעיא להו עבד עברי כהן מהו שימסור לו רבו שפחה כנענית חידוש הוא לא שנא כהנים ול"ש ישראל
And what is excluded? Chemicals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A chemical, e.g., an acid, may not be placed on the ear to burn it through.');"><sup>17</sup></span> The Master said: "'The awl" is to teach that the great awl [is meant].'
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The sages had said that the priest slave cannot have the lobe of his ear bored because that would create a blemish. But what’s so bad about having his ear blemished, the Talmud asks?
The answer is that when set free, he must return to the same familial status he had before, and a priest with certain types of blemishes is no longer considered to have that status.
The answer is that when set free, he must return to the same familial status he had before, and a priest with certain types of blemishes is no longer considered to have that status.
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