Reeh 15:13 · unit 2

TT #314 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:13

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־תְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ חׇפְשִׁ֖י מֵֽעִמָּ֑ךְ לֹ֥א תְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ רֵיקָֽם׃

And when you send him free from you, you shall not send him empty-handed.

Chabad.org — 15:13

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin.

Sefaria — Kiddushin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
חׇפְשִׁי מֵעִמָּךְ – הַבּוֹרֵחַ וְהַיּוֹצֵא בְּגֵרָעוֹן כֶּסֶף אֵין מַעֲנִיקִים לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְכִי תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חׇפְשִׁי מֵעִמָּךְ, מִי שֶׁשִּׁלּוּחוֹ מֵעִמָּךְ.

English: "Free from you" — One who flees and one who leaves by deduction of money do not receive a grant, as it is said "and when you send him free from you"—one whose release is from you.

On the daf / in context: Only a release initiated by the master (or by the calendar) entitles the slave to the parting gift; self-initiated departure does not.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Kiddushin) — a runaway or one who redeems himself receives no grant.

What Is Learned

A Hebrew slave who runs away or who buys his own freedom by refunding the purchase price does not receive the parting grant.