261 - המצווה הרס"א - האזהרה שהוזהר קונה אמה עבריה מלמכרה לזולתו

Negative Mitzvah 261 - The master of a Hebrew maidservant must not sell her to another

המצווה הרס"א - שלא למכור אמה עבריה

Negative Mitzvah 261: Not to Sell a Hebrew Maidservant to Another

This mitzvah is the prohibition against the buyer of a Hebrew maidservant selling her to someone else, from "he shall not have power to sell her" (Shemos 21:8). Its laws are explained at the beginning of Kiddushin.

המצווה הרס"א

האזהרה שהוזהר קונה אמה עבריה מלמכרה לזולתו.

והוא אמרו יתעלה: "לא ימשל למכרה בבגדו בה" (שמות כא, ח).

וכבר נתבארו דיני מצווה זו בשלמות בריש קידושין.

The 261st Mitzvah

1. The prohibition by which one who buys a Hebrew maidservant was warned not to sell her to someone else.

2. This is His statement, may He be exalted: "לא ימשל למכרה בבגדו בה" ("he shall not have power to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her," Shemos 21:8).

3. The laws of this mitzvah have already been explained in full at the beginning of Kiddushin.