Halakhah su Levitico 25:29
וְאִ֗ישׁ כִּֽי־יִמְכֹּ֤ר בֵּית־מוֹשַׁב֙ עִ֣יר חוֹמָ֔ה וְהָיְתָה֙ גְּאֻלָּת֔וֹ עַד־תֹּ֖ם שְׁנַ֣ת מִמְכָּר֑וֹ יָמִ֖ים תִּהְיֶ֥ה גְאֻלָּתֽוֹ׃
E se un uomo vende una casa di abitazione in una città murata, può riscattarla entro un anno intero dalla sua vendita; per un anno intero avrà il diritto di riscatto.
Sefer HaChinukh
The law of redemption of houses of walled cities until the completion of a year: That there be redemption of properties that are within a city surrounded by a wall until the completion of one year. And after the year, it will be in the possession of the one that buys them. And they do not go back in the Jubilee, as it is stated (Leviticus 25:29, "And if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, etc." I have already written above (Sefer HaChinukh 340) that the matter of the [sale of the] house of a walled city being finalized after a year is from the angle of love of the Land, in order that one who sells it makes efforts to redeem it quickly.
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Sefer HaChinukh
That we not make a Hebrew slave perform demeaning work, like the work of a Canaanite (gentile) slave: That we not make a Hebrew slave perform work that is very demeaning and humiliating, which is the way to make a Canaanite slave work - as it is written (Leviticus 25:29), "do not have him work with the work of a slave." And they, may their memory be blessed, said in Sifra, Behar, Chapter 7:2 in explanation of this matter, "He should not carry your cushion" (see Sefer HaMitzvot LaRambam, Mitzvot Lo Taase 257) - which is a small cloth that people make to sit upon in every place if they tire - and it is the way of a demeaned slave to take this [item] and carry it behind his master. And they said likewise (Sifra, Behar, Chapter 7:2), "Nor should he carry his vessels in front of him into the bathhouse." And they, may their memory be blessed, elucidated these types of work, and the law is the same for anything that is similar to them. It comes out that a person should be mindful of which type of work he orders his Hebrew slave to perform. And this is part of the principle which they, may their memory be blessed, said (Kiddushin 22a), "Anyone who acquires a Hebrew slave is like he has acquired a master for himself." Nonetheless, from that which the verse states (Leviticus 25:40), "Like a laborer, like a boarder shall he be with you," it should be learned that a man may command him to do anything that it is the way of people to command a laborer or a boarder. And truthfully, a laborer - who is a free man - is usually not employed for degrading work; and likewise a boarder - who is a man who comes to live in a different land. And the way of boarders is is to do the work of the homeowner with whom they are living, from their [own] will - therefore [a householder] will not do very demeaning work with him. And hence Scripture sated, "Like a laborer, like a boarder shall he be with you," because these two men - even though they do work - their work is not usually demeaning work. Still, the slave must behave according to the way of a slave and honor his master with all of his might, and not become haughty with all that we have said.
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