Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 141:16

א"ר זירא ת"ש אין לי אלא מילת זכריו בשעת עשיה ועבדיו בשעת אכילה מנין ליתן את האמור של זה בזה ואת האמור של זה בזה ת"ל (שמות יב, מח) אז אז לגזירה שוה

[of the paschal lamb].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture states, Let all his males (i.e.. his children) be circumcised, and then let him (i.e.. the master)&nbsp;… keep it (Ex. XII, 48); one's own keeping (v. supra n. 5) is thus made dependent on the circumcision of one's children. ');">⁵³</span> and concerning the slaves [which he has] at the time of the eating thereof;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since Scripture stated, Every man's servant … when … circumcised. then shall he (i.e., his master) eat (Ex. XII, 44); one's own eating of the lamb is thus dependent on the circumcision of one's slaves. ');">⁵⁴</span> whence, however, is it deduced that the restriction mentioned in respect of this category is to be applied to the other, and that of the other to this one?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the non-circumcision of a person's children born to him subsequent to the preparation of the Paschal lamb debars him from the eating of it, and that the non-circumcision of his slave debars him not only from the eating of it but also from its preparation. ');">⁵⁵</span> Then<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' zt ');">⁵⁶</span>

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