Bagian Terkait Ulangan 15:17

It was stated: Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob says, why at the door? Because by the door they went from servitude to freedom³¹⁶By the blood of the Passover sacrifice on the doorposts in Egypt, Ex. 12:7.. ³¹⁷Babli 22b; Mekhilta dR.Ismael Neziqin 2. The students asked Rabban Joḥanan ben Zakkai: Why should the slave be pierced in his ear rather than in any of his other body parts? He said to them, the ear which heard at Mount Sinai: “You shall have no other powers besides Me,” and removed from himself the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven but accepted the yoke of flesh and blood; the ear which heard before Mount Sinai: “For the Children of Israel are My servants,” and went and acquired another master; therefore the ear should come and be pierced for he^317aThe slave. did not follow what his ear heard.

“His ear³¹⁸Ex. 21:6..” Since “his ear” mentioned there³¹⁹This may refer either to the induction ceremony of the priests (Lev. 8:23,24) or the purification of the sufferer from skin disease (Lev. 14:14,17,25,28). In both cases, it is spelled out that blood was given on the right ear’s cartilage. means the right ear, also here the right ear³²⁰Mekhilta dR.Ismael,Neziqin 2; Sifry Deut. #122.. “If the slave says saying³²¹Ex. 21:5. The interpretation of the emphatic infinitive construction as additional condition is characteristic of R. Aqiba’s interpretation; it is rejected by R. Ismael who considers it a regular feature of biblical syntax.”, two sayings, one at the end of the sixth year and one at the start of the seventh year³²²The slave has to give notice of his intention to remain in his servile state while he still is indentured and has to repeat it at the moment he should become free again. Babli 22a, Mekhilta dR.Ismael,Mišpaṭim 2; Mekhilta dR.Šim‘on b.Jochai p. 162; Sifry Deut. #121.. One at the end of the sixth year, while he still is in his servitude and one at the start of the seventh year, “I will not go free.³²³This is the statement required at the time of his planned release.” “I love my master, my wife, and my children.³²⁴Ex. 21:5.” This teaches that he cannot be pierced unless he have a wife and children, unless he love his master and his master love him; unless the property be blessed because of him³²⁵Mekhilta dR.Ismael,Mišpaṭim2; Mekhilta dR.Šim‘on b.Jochai p. 162; Sifry Deut. #121; Midrash Tannaïm preserved in Midrash Haggadol Deut. 15:17. The last source is the only one which explicitly refers the mention of “the wife” to the Canaanite slave given to him by his master (cf. Rashi to Ex. 21:5), not to the Jewish wife and her children who also have to be sustained by his master (Ex. 21:3). as it is said: “For he feels well with you³²⁴Ex. 21:5..”