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    Chapter 2 · Servitude and release

    The Canaanite slave - acquisition and release

    Lesson 9 of 58 20 min

    Study the canaanite slave - acquisition and release and trace the argument.

    Lesson goals
    • 01List three modes of acquisition
    • 02Compare Rabbi Meir and the Sages
    • 03State the passage’s conclusion and its limits
    01

    Source and decoding

    Kiddushin 22b
    עבד כנעני נקנה בכסף ובשטר ובחזקה, וקונה את עצמו בכסף על ידי אחרים, ובשטר על ידי עצמו, דברי רבי מאיר. וחכמים אומרים: בכסף על ידי עצמו ובשטר על ידי אחרים, ובלבד שיהא הכסף משל אחרים.

    The Mishnah lists money, document, and possession and debates who can receive release.

    1. 1List three modes of acquisition
    2. 2Compare Rabbi Meir and the Sages
    3. 3Distinguish the recipient of release from the owner of the money
    Raya

    The Gemara compares a Canaanite slave to ancestral land for modes of acquisition.

    Insight

    Dapim 23-25 examine receiving release on another’s behalf and release through bodily injury. Distinguish voluntary release from injury-based release.

    Practice

    Build a table: source, action, and result. Distinguish the recipient of release from the owner of the money

    Lesson wrap-up

    The Mishnah lists money, document, and possession and debates who can receive release.

    Check your understanding

    Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.

    Question 1 of 2

    What joins money and document?

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