Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nashim/Tractate Kiddushin/Chapter 1/3
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Introduction
[edit]Hebrew Text
[edit]- עבד כנעני נקנה בכסף, ובשטר, ובחזקה;
- וקונה את עצמו בכסף על ידי אחרים, ובשטר על ידי עצמו;
- דברי רבי מאיר.
- וחכמים אומרין:
- אף בכסף על ידי עצמו, ובשטר על ידי אחרים,
- ובלבד שיהא הכסף, משל אחרים.
English Translation
[edit]- A Canaanite slave is acquired with money, a contract or establishment of possession;
- and acquires himself with money by a third party or a contract by himself;
- these are the word of Rabbi Meir.
- The Sages say:
- even with money by himself and a contract by a third party,
- providing that the money belong to a third party.