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״ומה אילו עבד כהן שברח ואשת כהן שמרדה על בעלה – הלא אוכלים בתרומה; וזה – אינו אוכל״ –
And R' Meir further said to the Rabbis: And what would be if there was the slave of a priest, who fled from his master, or the wife of a priest who rebelled against her husband, are they not permitted to partake of teruma, although not the teruma belonging to the master or husband? They are permitted to partake of teruma. But this slave who was emancipated may not partake of teruma at all, even teruma that belongs to other priests. Evidently, emancipation is to his detriment.
שפיר קאמר להו! אמר רבא: היינו דקא מהדרי ליה במתניתין: מפני שהוא קנינו. דאי בעי, שקיל ארבעה זוזי מישראל ופסיל ליה כל היכא דאיתיה.
The Talmud asks: If so, then R' Meir is saying and responding well to the Rabbis. How do the Rabbis counter his claim? Rava said: This is what they answered and said to him in the Mishnah: The master can disqualify his slave from partaking of teruma in any event, because he is his master’s acquisition. The implication of this statement is the following: As, if the master desires to disqualify his slave from partaking of teruma after he has fled, he can take 4 dinars from any Israelite in exchange for the slave, and he thereby disqualifies him from partaking of teruma anywhere that he is located.
ולרבי מאיר – תינח עבד כהן, עבד ישראל מאי איכא למימר? אמר רבי שמואל בר רב יצחק: מפני שמפסידו משפחה כנענית.
The Talmud asks: And according to the opinion of R' Meir, his explanation works out well with regard to the slave of a priest whose emancipation causes him to be disqualified from partaking of teruma, and therefore it is possible to argue that his emancipation is to his detriment. However with regard to the slave of an Israelite, what can be said? R' Shmuel bar Rav Yitzḥak says: Emancipation is even to the detriment of a slave of an Israelite, because by freeing him his master causes him to lose the option of having sex with a Canaanite female slave. Until this point it was permitted for him to have sex with a Canaanite female slave, but once he is emancipated these women are forbidden to him.