Commentary for Pesachim 52:2

אמר רב פפא אי כתיב (דברים כא, ג) עבד וקרינן עבד עד דעביד בה איהו אי כתיב עובד וקרינן עובד אפילו ממילא נמי

and we read it 'abad', [I would say, it becomes unfit] only if he himself wrought with it. While if ''ubad'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Passive: 'was (not) wrought with'.');">³</span> were written and we read it ''ubad,' [it would imply] even if it were of itself.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even if it were wrought with entirely without the owner's volition.');">⁴</span>

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