If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him free from you.
English: "If he is sold to you" — It was taught: From where do we know that when the court sells him they may sell him only to an Israelite? From the verse "if your brother is sold to you."
On the daf / in context: A Hebrew slave sold by the court for theft may be purchased only by a fellow Jew.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — the court may sell a Hebrew slave only to a Jew.
What Is Learned
When the court sells a person into Hebrew slavery for theft, the purchaser must be an Israelite.