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Kiddushin 24

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Apr 042016
 

The gemara resolves a contradiction between the opinions of Rabbi Meir and the rabbis in the case of freeing a non Jewish slave with money to their opinions in a seemingly similar case regarding redeeming maaser sheni.  A non Jewish slave is redeemed if you knock out a tooth, an eye or certain extremities of his body.  The derivation of these laws from the verses in the Torah are discussed.  Does the slave go free if the eye is not knocked out but is non functional or it was not functional before but the master actually knocked it out?   What if the master was a doctor and damaged the eye while performing a surgical procedure?

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Kiddushin 23

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Apr 032016
 

A non Jewish slave is freed by money or by a document.  Is it a benefit for a non Jewish slave to be redeemed or not?  Does anything he receives while in slavery automatically become his owner’s?  If so, how can he be redeemed?  How will he have money to pay his way out?  And how can he receive a document saying he will be free if he is an extension of the owner and therefore anything he receives goes straight to the owner in which case he can’t receive the document?  There is a 3 way argument over how the slave can be freed and the argument is affected by how they hold on the various issues mentioned above.

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Kiddushin 21

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Apr 012016
 

Comparisons are made between the laws learned in the various sections in Vayikra chaprter 25 and 27 regarding selling and redemption of land, houses, Jewish slaves sold to non Jews and to Jews, and land promised to the beit hamikdash.  Sources are brought to teach various laws regarding a slave who gets his ear pierced because he wants to stay with his master after working for 6 years.

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Kiddushin 20

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Mar 312016
 

Does the master have to be able to marry the maidservant?  What if the father conditioned the sale upon his not being able to marry her?  What if the maidservant is forbidden to him by marriage by a negative commandment?  What if he is a relative that is forbidden by punishment of karet?  If the slave wants to redeem himself and during the time he was a slave, his value either increased or decreased, at what value is he redeemed?

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Kiddushin 19

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Mar 302016
 

When a master marries the maidservant, does it effect marriage or betrothal?  What functions as the money for betrothal – is it the money that the father received for selling the daughter into slavery or is it the cancellation of the rest of the period she was meant to be working for him? Can master marry off his minor son to the maidservant or does he needs to reach the age of maturity?  Does the maidservant need to consent to the marriage?

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Kiddushin 18

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Mar 292016
 

Which slaves can be inherited upon death of the owner?  Do laws of inheritance apply to non Jews?  Can a convert inherit from his parents?  Can his children who converted with him inherit from him?  More differences between Jewish male and female slaves are discussed.

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Kiddushin 17

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Mar 282016
 

The Jewish slave gets a gift when he leaves (severance pay).  How much?  What types of items can be given?  In what cases does he not receive the gift?  Does one have to make up sick days?  Do slaves pass down to sons as inheritance?  It depends of which types of slaves and those who are are only passed down to sons, not to daughters or other inheritors.

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Kiddushin 16

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Mar 272016
 

Sources are brought for the derivation of the methods that Jewish slaves are acquired and freed.  Reish Lakish adds another type to the list in our mishna and the gemara tries to rectify his opinion with that of the mishna and other tannatic sources.

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Kiddushin 14

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Mar 252016
 

What are the sources for the ways in which a yevama is acquired and freed from her first husband’s brother?  How is a Jewish slave acquired and freed?  Are there differences between a Jewish slave who is sold into slavery by the court (if he stole and can’t pay it back) or if he was poor and sold himself into slavery?

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Kiddushin 12

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Mar 232016
 

More opinions are brought about why Beit Shammai require a dinar for marriage.  The gemara moves to explain Beit Hillel’s opinion that she can be married with a pruta.  What is the value of that pruta?  What if the item is something that fluctuates in value?  What if it was worth less but somewhere else could be worth a pruta?  What if after the fact there is a question about the marriage and the current value is a pruta but it may have been worth more earlier when the marriage took place?  Rav instituted lashes for people who did various things including getting betrothed without prearranging, or in the marketplace and or through having sexual relations.   The latter, while permitted by the Torah, was frowned upon by the rabbis.

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