Jewish%20thought for Pesachim 175:18

לא קשיא כאן כמשנה ראשונה כאן כמשנה אחרונה דתנן מי שחציו עבד וחציו בן חורין עובד את רבו יום אחד ואת עצמו יום אחד דברי בית הלל בית שמאי אומרים

pointed out a contradiction to R'Nahman: We learned: A SLAVE BELONGING TO TWO PARTNERS MAY NOT EAT OF EITHER'; yet it was taught: If he wishes, he can eat of this one's [and] if he wishes, he can eat of that one's? Said he to him, 'Ena Saba!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Probably as a pun on his name-scholarly eye!');">²⁰</span> others say, You black pot!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He was of unattractive appearance (Jast.) , perhaps swarthy. Rashi in A.Z. ');">²¹</span> Between you and me the law will be clearly defined:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a result of your question and my answer the exact conditions of the law will emerge. Jast. translates: this tradition will be named from myself and from thee.');">²²</span> our Mishnah [holds good] where they are particular with each other;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not to benefit from one another; hence the half of the slave which belongs to one, as it were, may tot eat of the other's offering.');">²³</span> the Baraitha [was taught] when they are not particular with each other. HE WHO IS HALF SLAVE AND HALF FREE MUST NOT EAT OF HIS MASTER'S. It is only of his master's that he must not eat, yet he may eat of his own? But it was taught: He may not eat, either of his own or of his master's! - There is no difficulty: one is according to the earlier Mishnah, while the other is according to the later<big><b>MISHNAH:</b></big> For we learned: He who is half slave and half free works one day for his master and one day for himself: this is the view of Beth Hillel. Beth Shammai say:

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