Commentary for Yevamot 199:8

אמר רבא מרישא כי הוו אתו גברא ואתתא לדינא קמאי הוה שרינא תיגרא דגברא ברישא אמינא דמיחייב במצות כיון דשמענא להא שרינא תיגרא דאתתא ברישא מ"ט משום זילותא:

or a free woman!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since one of them is a slave. How, then, could they ever fulfil the religious duty of propagation which is incumbent upon all? ');">²²</span> Raba replied: Read: Pressure is brought to bear upon them so that they emancipate one another. THE RESTRICTIONS&nbsp;… ARE IMPOSED UPON THEM. In what respect?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., for what law'. ');">²³</span>

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