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The Rambam · Sefer Kinyan

הלכות עבדים ב׳Slaves 2

Chapter 2 of 9 in Slaves — 12 halachot

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Halacha 1א׳

עֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֶׁמְּכָרוּהוּ בֵּית דִּין [וְהַמּוֹכֵר עַצְמוֹ] נִקְנֶה בְּכֶסֶף וּבִשְׁוֵה כֶּסֶף וּבִשְׁטָר. כֵּיצַד בִּשְׁטָר. כּוֹתֵב לוֹ עַל הַנְּיָר אוֹ עַל הַחֶרֶס הֲרֵינִי מָכוּר לְךָ הֲרֵינִי קָנוּי לְךָ וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ הַשְּׁטָר:

A Hebrew bondman whom the court sold, and one who sells himself, is acquired by money, and by money's worth, and by a document. How by a document? He writes for him upon paper or upon a shard, "I am hereby sold to you," "I am hereby acquired to you," and gives him the document.

Halacha 2ב׳

מְכָרוּהוּ בֵּית דִּין עוֹבֵד שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים מִיּוֹם מְכִירָתוֹ וּבִתְחִלַּת הַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית שֶׁלּוֹ יֵצֵא בֶּן חוֹרִין. וְאִם פָּגְעָה בּוֹ שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה בִּכְלַל הַשֵּׁשׁ הֲרֵי זֶה עוֹבֵד בָּהּ. אֲבָל אִם פָּגְעָה בּוֹ שְׁנַת יוֹבֵל אֲפִלּוּ נִמְכַּר שָׁנָה אַחַת לִפְנֵי הַיּוֹבֵל הֲרֵי זֶה יֵצֵא לְחֵרוּת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כה מ) "עַד שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל יַעֲבֹד עִמָּךְ" (ויקרא כה יג) "בִּשְׁנַת הַיּוֹבֵל הַזֹּאת" וְגוֹ':

If the court sold him, he serves six years from the day of his sale, and at the beginning of his seventh year he goes out a free man. And if the year of release fell within the six, he serves in it. But if the jubilee year fell upon him, even if he was sold one year before the jubilee, he goes out to freedom, as it is said (Leviticus 25:40), "until the year of jubilee he shall serve with you," and (Leviticus 25:13), "in this year of jubilee," and so forth.

Halacha 3ג׳

הַמּוֹכֵר עַצְמוֹ יֵשׁ לוֹ לִמְכֹּר עַצְמוֹ לְיֶתֶר עַל שֵׁשׁ. הֲרֵי שֶׁמָּכַר עַצְמוֹ לְעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים אוֹ לְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וּפָגַע בּוֹ יוֹבֵל אֲפִלּוּ אַחַר שָׁנָה הֲרֵי זֶה יוֹצֵא בַּיּוֹבֵל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כה מ) "עַד שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל יַעֲבֹד עִמָּךְ":

One who sells himself may sell himself for more than six. If he sold himself for ten years or for twenty years and the jubilee fell upon him, even after one year, he goes out at the jubilee, as it is said (Leviticus 25:40), "until the year of jubilee he shall serve with you."

…and 7 more halachot in this chapter.

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