Jewish%20thought for Kiddushin 44:17

השתא דאמרת הגביהו הוא לרבו קנאו אלא מעתה שפחה כנענית תקנה בביאה כי קאמרינן זה נהנה וזה מצטער הכא זה נהנה וזה נהנה הוא

R'Assi-others state, R'Aha - said: It must walk its full length before him!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus, when an animal comes in answer to a call it is acquired; why not a slave?');">²⁸</span> - I will tell you: an animal walks by its master's volition; a slave, by his own.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even when he obeys a call, he does so by his own desire, unless the master forcibly seizes him.');">²⁹</span> R'Ashi said: A slave who is a minor is as an animal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He has no volition of his own and therefore may be acquired by a summons.');">³⁰</span>

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