Halakhah for Kiddushin 42:16

וא"ת אין רבו מוסר לו שפחה כנענית תיפוק לי דבעינא (שמות כא, ה) אהבתי את אדוני את אשתי ואת בני וליכא תו לא מידי

i.e., to the established rights of his family.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But if he is bored, he loses his established rights of officiating in the Temple.');">²¹</span> The Scholars propounded: A Hebrew slave [who is] a priest - can his master give him a heathen bondwoman?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To produce slaves.');">²²</span> Is it an anomaly,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a heathen bondwoman may be given to any Hebrew slave.');">²³</span>

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