Commentary for Yevamot 155:12

מתיב רב יוסף רבי טרפון אומר יכולין ממזרים ליטהר כיצד ממזר נשא שפחה הולד עבד שחררו נמצא בן חורין אלמא בתר דידה שדינן ליה שאני התם דאמר קרא (שמות כא, ד) האשה וילדיה תהיה לאדוניה

is emancipated he becomes a free man'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Kid. 69a. ');">³⁹</span> This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the child, prior to emancipation, is regarded as a slave. ');">⁴⁰</span> clearly proves that the child is ascribed to her! — There it is different, because Scripture said, The wife and her children shall be her master's.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 4, indicating that in this particular case, (that of the children of a female slave), the children are ascribed to their mother. This is no proof, however, that in other cases also children are to be ascribed to their mother. ');">⁴¹</span> Raba raised an objection: R. Judah related, 'Menjamin, an Egyptian proselyte. was one of my colleagues among the disciples of R. Akiba, and he once told me: I am an Egyptian of the first generation and married an Egyptian wife of the first generation; and I shall arrange for my son to marry an Egyptian wife of the second generation in order that my grandson shall be eligible to enter the congregation'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. Kid. V; Sotah 9a; supra 76b. ');">⁴²</span>

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