“Abandoned” —

<<against their will,

<<as it is written:

<<“And in the seventh

<<you shall release it

<<and abandon it” —

<<an expropriation

<<of the King.

<<“Forsaken” —

<<of their own will,

<<as it is written:

<<“The mother

<<upon

<<the children

<<was dashed”.

It was taught:

<<and all of them —

<<they assess

<<for them

<<as a sharecropper.

<<On which?

<<If we say

<<on captives —

<<now,

<<quick

<<and gaining

<<he is;

<<what

<<he improved —

<<is it necessary to say?

<<Rather,

<<on the forsaken —

<<but

<<“they remove

<<it

<<from his hand”

<<it teaches!

Rather,

<<on the abandoned.

<<According to whom?

<<If we say

<<according to the Rabbis —

<<indeed

<<they say

<<they remove

<<it

<<from his hand.

<<If

<<Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel —

<<indeed

<<he said:

<<I heard

<<that the abandoned

<<are like captives.

Like captives,

<<and not

<<captives.

<<Like captives —

<<in that they do not

<<remove

<<it

<<from his hand;

<<and not

<<captives —

<<for whereas

<<there

<<he is quick

<<and gains,

<<whereas

<<here

<<we assess

<<for him

<<as a sharecropper.

And what is different

<<from this

<<that we learned:

<<one who lays out

<<expenses

<<on

<<the property of

<<his wife —

<<if he laid out

<<much

<<and ate

<<little,

<<little

<<and ate

<<much —

<<what

<<he laid out

<<he laid out,

<<and what

<<he ate

<<he ate.

This

<<is not

<<comparable

<<except

<<to this

<<that we learned:

<<one who lays out

<<expenses

<<on

<<the property of

<<his wife

<<who is a minor

<<like one who lays out

<<on

<<the property of

<<another

<<he is.

<<Apparently:

<<since

<<is not

<<confident

<<his mind,

<<instituted

<<for him

<<the Rabbis,

<<so that

<<he would not

<<ruin them;

<<here

<<too

<<instituted

<<for him

<<the Rabbis,

<<so that

<<he would not

<<ruin them.

“And all of them —

<<they assess

<<for them

<<as a sharecropper”.

<<“And all of them” —

<<to include

<<what?

To include

<<this

<<that Rav Nachman said in the name of Shmuel:

<<a captive

<<who was taken captive —

<<we bring down

<<a relative

<<to his property;

<<if he left

<<knowingly —

<<we do not

<<bring down

<<a relative

<<to his property.

<<And Rav Nachman

<<himself

<<said:

<<one who flees

<<is

<<like a captive.

<<Flees

<<on account of

<<what?

<<If we say

<<on account of

<<the head tax,

<<that is

<<knowingly;

<<rather,

<<he flees

<<on account of

<<a murder charge.

Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<a captive

<<who was taken captive

<<and left

<<standing grain

<<to reap,

<<grapes

<<to harvest,

<<dates

<<to cut,

<<olives

<<to pick —

<<the court

<<goes down

<<to his property

<<and appoints

<<a steward,

<<and he reaps

<<and harvests

<<and cuts

<<and picks,

<<and afterward

<<we bring down

<<a relative

<<to his property.

<<And let him appoint

<<a steward

<<permanently!

<<A steward

<<for bearded men

<<we do not

<<appoint.

Rav Huna said:

<<we do not

<<bring down

<<a minor

<<to the property of

<<a captive,

<<nor

<<a relative

<<to the property of

<<a minor,

<<nor

<<a relative

<<by way of

<<a relative

<<to the property of

<<a minor.

We do not

<<bring down

<<a minor

<<to the property of

<<a captive —

<<perhaps

<<he will ruin

<<them.

<<Nor

<<a relative

<<by way of

<<a relative

<<to the property of

<<a minor —

<<with brothers

<<from the mother.

<<Nor

<<a relative

<<to the property of

<<a minor —

<<since

<<he does not

<<protest,

<<he will come

<<to establish possession

<<of it.

Rava said:

<<learn from it,

<<from that of Rav Huna:

<<one does not

<<establish possession

<<of the property of

<<a minor,