ב לא סלקא דעתיך מדאקיל רחמנא גביה דתניא (דברים טו, טז) כי טוב לו עמך עמך במאכל עמך במשתה שלא תהא אוכל פת נקיה והוא אוכל פת קיבר אתה שותה יין ישן והוא שותה יין חדש אתה ישן על גבי מוכין והוא ישן על גבי קרקע מיכן אמרו הקונה עבד עברי כקונה אדון לעצמו
2 For it was taught: Because he fareth well with thee,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XV, 16.');"><sup>3</sup></span> i.e., he must be with [like] thee in food, with thee in drink, that thou shouldst not eat fine bread and he coarse bread, thou drink old wine and he drink new wine, thou sleep on a soft bed and he on straw. Hence it was said: Whosoever buys a Hebrew slave almost buys a master of himself. But on the contrary, let us deal more stringently with him, in accordance with what R'Jose B'Hanina said. For R'Jose B'Hanina said: Come and see how hard is the very dust<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The very dust, as it were the scent. A real transgression of the law of the seventh year would consist of his storing up fruit for speculation; 'dust' suggests 'shade', something akin to, here, an occupation indirectly related to those forbidden in the seventh year. Selling its produce is such indirect transgression. nevertheless the consequences are as serious as described (R. Gershom) .');"><sup>4</sup></span>