Gittin 44 - June 29, 10 Tamuz

Today's daf is sponsored by Emma Rinberg in loving memory of her father, Dr. Eric Glick, Yitzhak Nisan Ben Etta Faiga v'Yaacov on his 33rd yahrzeit.  Today’s daf is sponsored by Elisa Hartstein in honor of her daughter Dalia who finishes 5 years of dedicated army service in the IAF today. "Also in grateful appreciation of all our chayalim and chayalot, past and present who make our lives here in Israel possible every single day."  One who sells his slave to a non-Jew or sells him to a Jewish owner outside of Israel is penalized because the slave will no longer be able to fulfill all the mitzvot. The slave is immediately freed. The Gemara discusses various situations and tries to determine if the owner should be penalized in those situations as well (e.g. if the non-Jew forced him to sell him the slave, etc. If the slave gave himself over to a non-Jewish army, and the owner has no way to redeem him, can he accept a monetary payment for the slave or is it not allowed since it may encourage others to actually sell the slave? Would the law be the same as for one whose house in Israel was taken over by non-Jews? In a case where the owner is obligated to redeem the slave, he is required to pay even up to ten or possibly one hundred times the value. Is it ten or is it one hundred? How does that amount differ from the amount required to redeem a large animal that one sold to a gentile? Why is there a difference? Does the penalty to redeem the slave apply to a son whose father sold the slave and subsequently died? If one sold a slave to someone who owns property in Israel and outside of Israel, the seller is penalized only if it was made clear in the contract that the slave was going to be brought to work outside of Israel. What if a woman from Israel married a man who was from Babylonia and was planning to go back there and she had slaves in her dowry, is it considered that she sold them to him? If a slave willingly went with his owner abroad and then the owner sold him there, does the slave go free? It depends on whether the owner planned to stay abroad or was planning to go back to Israel.