Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 39:16

ואימא הני מילי לענין אכילה ושתיה כי היכי דלא ליצטער ליה הא לענין פדיון נחמיר עליה מדרבי יוסי בר' חנינא דתניא רבי יוסי ברבי חנינא אומר בא וראה כמה קשה אבקה של שביעית

Abaye said: Behold I am like Ben 'Azzai in the streets of Tiberias.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Said humorously 'I am ready to face all comers!' Ben 'Azzai was the keen scholar, able to answer all questions; cf. Bek. 28a.');">²⁰</span> One of the scholars said to Abaye: Consider: these verses may be interpreted leniently and stringently: why do you choose to interpret them leniently [to the slave's advantage]; let us interpret them stringently?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Applying v. 51 to a case of depreciation, and v. 52 to appreciation, so that the slave is always assessed on his higher value.');">²¹</span>

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