Mitzvah #510 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed“
Scripture Reference: DEU 15:13 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Re'eh)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יג וְכִי-תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חָפְשִׁי, מֵעִמָּךְ--לֹא תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ, רֵיקָם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
13 ὅταν δὲ ἐξαποστέλλῃς αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον ἀπὸ σοῦ, οὐκ ἐξαποστελεῖς αὐτὸν κενόν·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Re'eh
Sefer HaChinuch Number #481
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Acquisition (Buch 12)
Section: Slaves
Systematic Category (P119f) Slaves and Servants