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Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandments

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היא שצונו לפדות אמה העבריה. והוא אמרו יתברך והפדה. פדיה זו יש לה דקדוקים ותנאים ובה משפטים רבים. וכבר התבארו במסכת קדושין. ושם התבאר דין אמה העבריה על השלמות. ובמכילתא אמרו בפירוש ואם שלש אלה לא יעשה לה יעד לך או לבנך או פדה אותה. (ואלה המשפטים, הלכות עבדים פי"ד):

Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf

That is that He commanded us to redeem the Hebrew maidservant. And that is His, may He be blessed, saying, "he must let her be redeemed" (Exodus 21:8). This redemption has many details and conditions and there are many regulations for it - and they have been explained in Tractate Kiddushin. And the law of the Hebrew maidservant is completely explained there. And in the Mekhilta (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 21:11:1) they said in explanation of, "And if these three he does not do to her" (Exodus 21:11), "Designate (marry) [her] yourself, to your son, or redeem her." (See Parashat Mishpatim; Mishneh Torah, Slaves 4.)