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Daily Daf Dose
Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan (Daf Yomi: Gittin 23b) : A Canaanite slave is disqualified from serving as an agent to receive a woman’s get from her husband because he is not included in the halachos of divorce and marriage.
Tosfos in Kesuvos (7b) writes that Eliezer was the agent of Yitzchak to marry Rivkah.
The Panim Yafos asks: How could Eliezer serve as the agent for marriage, when he was not included in the halachos of marriage.
He answers that this principle is only applicable when he is serving as an agent for another person. However, a slave may serve as an agent of his master for marriage and divorce, since he is considered the hand of the master.
This explains why Eliezer began by saying, “I am the slave of Avraham.”
The Pardes Yosef asks that this does not explain how Eliezer could marry Rivkah on behalf of Yitzchak! Eliezer belonged to Avraham; not to Yeitzchak!?
He answers that this is why Avraham gave over all his possessions to Yitzchak, including his slave, Eliezer. Once Eliezer belonged to Yitzchak, he could serve as his agent.
Tosfos in Kesuvos (7b) writes that Eliezer was the agent of Yitzchak to marry Rivkah.
The Panim Yafos asks: How could Eliezer serve as the agent for marriage, when he was not included in the halachos of marriage.
He answers that this principle is only applicable when he is serving as an agent for another person. However, a slave may serve as an agent of his master for marriage and divorce, since he is considered the hand of the master.
This explains why Eliezer began by saying, “I am the slave of Avraham.”
The Pardes Yosef asks that this does not explain how Eliezer could marry Rivkah on behalf of Yitzchak! Eliezer belonged to Avraham; not to Yeitzchak!?
He answers that this is why Avraham gave over all his possessions to Yitzchak, including his slave, Eliezer. Once Eliezer belonged to Yitzchak, he could serve as his agent.
1 comments:
yasher koach. Just some food for thought: The Medrash states that when Lavan said bo biruch HaShem, Eliezer left the status of arur and entered into the status of baruch. Thus, bishaas kidushin he was still a slave. The question is, assuming that baruch means he's free (if Lavan had power to free him) then why did he still say eved Avraham anochi?
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