Derasha 2 on Behar 25:39

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 25:39

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יָמ֥וּךְ אָחִ֛יךָ עִמָּ֖ךְ וְנִמְכַּר־לָ֑ךְ לֹא־תַעֲבֹ֥ד בּ֖וֹ עֲבֹ֥דַת עָֽבֶד׃

Torah Temimah cites Sifra / Kiddushin 15a.

Core Text — Sifra / Kiddushin

לֹא תַעֲבֹד בּוֹ עֲבֹדַת עָבֶד. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹּא תַּעֲבִידֶנּוּ בִּמְלָאכוֹת בִּזָּיוֹן.

English: “You shall not work him with the work of a slave.” This teaches that you may not assign him degrading labor.

Classical derasha (Sifra / Bavli Kiddushin).

An eved ivri may not be assigned menial or humiliating tasks that are characteristic of permanent slave status.