Commentary for Kiddushin 42:4
וקונה את עצמו ביובל ובמיתת האדון: דכתיב ועבדו ולא את הבן ולא את הבת לעולם לעולמו של יובל
him - but not his son or daughter; for ever' - until the eternity of jubilee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 17b.');"><sup>3</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: '[With] an awl': I only know [that he can be bored with] an awl. Whence do I know to extend [the law to] a prick,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a sharpened piece of wood.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
A Hebrew slave who had his ear bored goes free at his master’s death—he serves the master and not the master’s children. And while the Torah would seem to say that he serves as a slave forever, according to the rabbis he goes free at the Jubilee.
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