Reference for Avodah Zarah 25:20

HALAKHAH: “Outside a town with pagan worship,” etc. Therefore inside it is forbidden. Because in it there is one statue all of it should be forbidden? Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish says, they taught this about a fair¹¹⁷The fair is a once yearly affair in honor of some divinity and its temple receives a fee from every transaction at the fair. Trading at the fair is directly subsidizing pagan worship. Babli 11b.. What is the difference between inside and the surroundings? Inside where it profits from the toll it is forbidden. Outside it is permitted because it does not profit from the toll, but if outside it also profits from the toll it is forbidden. But was it not stated⁴⁰Tosephta 1:8; Babli 13a.: “One goes to fairs and buys there slaves, slave girls, and animals.” Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, not only Jewish slaves⁴¹Circumcised slaves who were property of another Jew. This cannot refer to Jews sold as slaves since it is very meritorious to redeem Jews from slavery and does not need special permission. but even Gentiles, because he brings them under the wings of the Shekhina⁴²The Divine Presence. Since the slave becomes a semi-Jew, in the words of the Babli (13b) buying Gentile slaves “diminishes the number of idolators in the world.”. But was it not stated¹¹⁸Babli 13a.: If he bought there a garment, it should be burned, an animal should be castrated, coins should be brought to the Dead Sea? One understands that a garment should be burned, coins should be brought to the Dead Sea. An animal should be castrated¹¹⁹The statement is unacceptable first because it contradicts the Tosephta and second because there is a biblical prohibition to castrate any animal (Lev. 22:24). The Babli 13a explains “castrating” as “making unfit for agricultural work” similar to the meaning of the root عقر “to starve an animal” in Arabic.? But was it not stated⁴⁰Tosephta 1:8; Babli 13a.: One goes to fairs and buys there slaves, slave girls, and animals.” Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, not only Jewish slaves⁴¹Circumcised slaves who were property of another Jew. This cannot refer to Jews sold as slaves since it is very meritorious to redeem Jews from slavery and does not need special permission. but even Gentiles, because he brings them under the wings of Heaven? Explain it, Israel, Israel¹²⁰He bought from a Jew who was a vendor at the fair. This shows that only the strictly religious persons followed the rules on trade with Gentiles.. But was it not stated: If somebody sells his slave to Gentiles the proceeds are forbidden¹²¹The Babli (Giṭtin45a) requires the communal court to force the seller to buy the slave back for up to 10 times the sale price. It is forbidden to sell a circumcised slave, who has to keep the Sabbath and eat kosher, to a Gentile. On the other hand, a slave who refuses to be circumcised and become a semi-Jew may be sold to Gentiles without penalty.. Again explain it, Israel, Israel. One buys from an Israel who goes to a fair because he is like one salvaging from their hands. On his return it is forbidden since he profits from pagan worship¹²²Babli 33a, Tosephta 1:15.. But from Gentiles it is permitted whether they are going or coming. Rebbi Abba the son of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If it was a hostelry¹²³Greek πανδοκεῖον, πανδόκιον. Since the hostelry is a place for strangers, even at the time of a fair it is exempt of the rules restricting participation of Jews. it is permitted. Rebbi Ze‘ira asked: at a fair it is forbidden, in a hostelry it is permitted? Maybe Rebbi Joḥanan said this about merchandise¹²⁴Greek πραγματεία.. Rebbi Abba the son of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba came in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If it was a hostelry, merchandise is permitted¹²⁵The Babli 13a, b explains that any kind of merchandise one may buy there if no fee is paid to the organizers of the fair., said Rebbi Joḥanan¹²⁶This clause is superfluous but this is not sufficient reason to delete it from the text..