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even if they are found in the marketplace, are ritually impure. But some say that they are ritually pure. With regard to their wine, the adults render the wine that they touch wine used for a libation, but the minors do not render the wine that they touch wine used for a libation. Which slaves a
In any event, the baraita teaches that with regard to those slaves who were circumcised but did not immerse, yes, the wine they touch is prohibited, but with regard to those who were circumcised and immersed, no, the wine they touch is not prohibited, even if they have not yet forgotten their ido
The Talmud asks: Doesn’t the baraita teach that the halakha applies to slaves purchased from non-Jews and also to the sons of non-Jew female slaves, indicating that there is no differentiation between them? The Talmud replies: The baraita equates the two cases only with regard to the impurity of the
The Talmud asks: This works out well according to the one who says that their spittle and the objects upon which they tread are impure. But according to the one who says that they are pure, what can be said? If the spittle of the slaves and the objects upon which they tread are pure, clearly the sa
The Talmud answers: Even if the baraita equates the slaves and the sons of female slaves with regard to the status of their wine, it does not intend to compare their status once they have immersed. Rather, this teaches us that the halakha with regard to slaves is similar to the halakha with regard t