[Avodah] Being an Eved to an Eved

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 01:12:47AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: My question is this: In the case where he voluntarily chose to sell
: himself, why is the ear-piercing prescribed only at the end of the siz
: years, and even then only when he prefers to stay on longer? Shouldn't
: Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's logic apply at the very beginning as well?

Until then, he didn't sell himself, he only rented himself out.

Just thinking out loud.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha