Ketubot

a guardian or he put on Tefillin  in the presence of his master or he read three verses  in the Synagogue, he does not become free!  — There  it happened that he did it with his consent;  [for what case] do we state [our rule]?  When he treats him as a child. TO IMMERSE IN ORDER TO EAT TERUMAH. [Only] with regard to Rabbinical terumah.  THAT HE WAS TAKING A SHARE WITH US AT THE THRESHING FLOOR. But perhaps he was the slave of a priest? — We have learned [this] according to him who says: One does not distribute terumah to a slave unless his master is with him,  for it has been taught: One does not distribute terumah to a slave unless his master is with him. This is the view of R. Judah. R. Jose says: He can say: 'If I am a priest, give me for my sake, and if I am the slave of a priest, give me for the sake of my master'. In the place of R. Judah they used to raise from terumah to the status of a priest; in the place of R. Jose they would not raise from terumah to the status of a priest. It is taught:  R. Eleazar, the son of R. Jose,  said: I have never given testimony. Once I gave testimony and they raised a slave to the priesthood through my evidence.  [You say] they raised! Do you indeed mean to say this? Now. if the Holy One, blessed be He, does not bring a stumbling  through the animals of the pious men,  how much less through the pious men themselves?  — But,  they wanted to raise a slave to the priesthood through my evidence. He saw it  in the place of R. Jose,  and he went and testified in the place of R. Judah. THAT THIS PLACE WAS A BETH HA-PERAS Why?  — Because [the law of] beth ha-peras is Rabbinical, for Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: One blows away [the dust from]  the beth ha.peras. and goes [there]. Rab Judah b. Ammi said in the name of Rab Judah: A beth ha-peras which has been trodden out is clean. What is the reason?  It is impossible that a bone [of the size] of a barleycorn was not trodden down by the foot. UP TO HERE HE USED TO GO ON SABBATH. He holds that the [Sabbath] limits  are Rabbinical. A MAN IS NOT BELIEVED WHEN HE SAYS: THAT MAN HAD A WAY IN THIS PLACE, SO-AND-SO HAD A PLACE OF STANDING UP AND LAMENTATION IN THIS PLACE. What is the reason? Money we do not extract. Our Rabbis taught:  A boy is believed when he says, 'Thus my father told me: this family is clean. this family is unclean. — [You say,] 'clean and unclean'! Do you indeed mean to say this?  But [say]: 'this family is fit  and this family is unfit', 'That we have eaten at the Kezazah  [on the occasion of the marriage] of the daughter of So-and-so to So-and-so', 'that we used to bring hallah and [priestly] gifts  to the priest So-and-so'. But only through himself,  and not through someone else. In all these cases, if he was an heathen and he became a proselyte, a slave and he was set free, he is not believed.  [But] he is not believed when he says 'that man had a way in this place, that man had a place of standing up and lamentation in this place'. R'. Johanan b. Beroka, said. He is believed. To which [clause] does R. Johanan b. Beroka, refer? Shall I say, to the last clause? This is extracting money?  — But [it refers] to the first clause. In all these cases, if he was a heathen and he became a proselyte, a slave and he was set free, he is not believed. R. Johanan b. Beroka says: He is believed. In what [principle] do they differ? — The first Tanna holds: Since he was a heathen he would not pay special attention to it,  and R. Johanan b. Beroka, holds: Since he had it in his mind to become a proselyte he would pay special attention to it. What is KEZAZAH? — The Rabbis taught: In what manner does kezazah take place? If one of the brothers has married a woman who is unworthy of him, the members  of the family come together, bring a cask full of fruit, break it in the middle of the open place  and say. Brethren of the house of Israel, hear. Our brother So-and-so has married a woman who is not worthy of him, and we are afraid lest his descendants  will be united with our descendants. Come and take for yourselves a sign  for future generations, that his descendants shall not be united with our descendants'. This is kezazah with regard to which a child is believed when he testifies.