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4 ‎[1] ‎[2] A father may not lawfully sell his daughter into servitude unless he has become poor and has nothing whatsoever left of land or movables or even personal clothing. And yet, the father should be compelled to buy her back after he has sold her because it disgraces the family. If the father has fled or died or had no means to buy her back, she must serve until she goes free. ‎[3] ‎[4] A Hebrew bondmaid serves six years, like a Hebrew slave whom the court has sold, as it is written: "If your fellow Hebrew, man or woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years…" (Deuteronomy 15:12); and she goes free at the beginning of the seventh year. If the jubilee year intervened during the six years, she goes free without payment, like a male slave. If the master has died, even though he has left a son, she goes free, as in the case of a male slave whose ear has been pierced, as it is written: "Do the same with your female slave" (Deuteronomy 15:17).
Version: Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, edited by Philip Birnbaum, New York, 1967
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