Study Kiddushin folio 17A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
One might have thought that even a slave who became sick and is unable to work must work additional time to compensate for the time missed. Therefore, the verse states: “And in the 7th he shall go out” (Exodus 21:2), which indicates that he leaves his master in any case, even if he has not worked th
Rav Sheshet said: With what are we dealing here? This concerns a case where he fled and the Jubilee Year arrived immediately afterward, and therefore he did not complete the 6 years of servitude. The novelty of this halakha is as follows. Lest you say: Since the Jubilee Year released him, he is con
The Master said above: One might have thought that even a slave who became sick and was unable to work must work additional time to compensate for the time missed. Therefore, the verse states: “And in the 7th he shall go out” (Exodus 21:2). The Talmud asks: Is he excused from working additional time
The Talmud comments: This matter itself is difficult, as the baraita is apparently self-contradictory. On the one hand, you said that if he was sick for 3 years and he served for the other 3 years he is not obligated to complete the 6 years of actual labor. This indicates that if he was ill for 4 y
§ A baraita states: How much does one grant a freed slave as a severance gift? It is 5 sela in value of each and every type mentioned in this verse: “And you shall grant severance to him out of your flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress” (Deuteronomy 15:14), which is a t