Kiddushin, Daf Kaf Bet, Part 5 Introduction Today s section begins the discussion of Canaanite slaves which is the term the rabbis used for non-Jewish slaves. מתני׳ עבד כנעני...
Kiddushin, Daf Kaf Bet, Part 4 Introduction Today s section discusses the door on which the slave s ear is bored. Again, we can see just how opposed the rabbis were to the entire institution of Hebrew slavery, and especially permanent Hebrew slavery. ...
Kiddushin, Daf Kaf Bet, Part 3 Introduction Several more baraitot about how much support the master must offer his Hebrew slave. ת"ר כי טוב לו עמך עמך...
Kiddushin, Daf Kaf Bet, Part 2 Introduction Today s section contains a baraita that severely limits the ability of the slave to have his ear bored and thereby remain a slave for a longer period of time. We can sense that the rabbis wanted to write this law out...
