) "she shall not go out as the bondsmen go out" — i

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Nezikin 3:9

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 3, 2025

(Ibid.) "she shall not go out as the bondsmen go out": i.e., she shall not go out as the Canaanites go out. You say (that the intent is) she shall not go out by (the mutilation of) organ prominences, as the Canaanites do. But perhaps the meaning is, she does not go out after (six) years or with the (advent of the) Yovel, as the Hebrews do! It is, therefore, written (Devarim 15:12) "If there be sold to you your brother, the Hebrew man or the Hebrew women, etc.", whence we are apprised that she does go out after (six) years or with the (advent of the) Yovel. This ("she shall not go out as the bondsmen go out") tells me only of the Hebrew maid-servant, that she does not go out by (the mutilation of) organ prominences.

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