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steward over his property, or who donned tefillin in his master’s presence, or who read 3 verses from the Torah scroll in the synagogue, did not necessarily emerge to freedom. Apparently, there are slaves who learn Torah to the extent that they are capable of reading the Torah in the synagogue, and
When the Mishnah states that he is deemed credible to testify that as a minor he saw that others went to immerse in order to partake of teruma, the rabbis permit them only to partake of teruma by rabbinic law. And the Mishnah states that he is deemed credible to say that they saw that so-and-so wou
The dispute in the baraita is based on the fact that in the place of R' Yehuda, they would elevate one who eats teruma to the presumptive status of priesthood for the purpose of lineage. Therefore, he permitted distributing teruma to the slave of a priest only if his master is present, due to the c
It is taught in a baraita that R' Elazar, son of R' Yosei, said: In all my days, I never had occasion to testify in court. One time I testified, and the court elevated a slave to priesthood on the basis of my testimony. The Talmud asks: Does it enter your mind that they actually elevated the slave t
Rather, the Talmud emends the statement of R' Elazar, son of R' Yosei: They sought to elevate a slave to priesthood on the basis of my testimony, but ultimately they did not. R' Elazar saw teruma distributed directly to the slave of a priest in the place of R' Yosei, where one does not elevate fro