Kerisos 2:5 - 2:6

חציה שפחה וחציה בת חורין – who is betrothed to a Hebrew slave, for he is permitted with a maidservant and permitted with a free woman. But not to a Canaanite slave, for e is forbidden to her because of the side of freedom that is within her. But were she not a half-maidservant, the betrothal would take effect with her, but both are killed, but now, the betrothal partially takes effect with her because of the side of freedom that is in her, but it does not take effect with her completely because of the side of servitude that is within her, and that is what is written (Leviticus 19:20): “they shall not be put to death, since she has not been freed,’ but if she is freed, they are liable.

והפדה לא נפדתה – implying she is redeemed slightly but she is not redeemed completely (see Leviticus 19;20).

זו היא שפחה ודאית – meaning to say that she is a complete maidservant. And this that is written (Leviticus 19;20): “but has not been redeemed.” The Torah speaks in the language of humans.

כל העריות מפורשות – that they free women and we don’t have anything left, and she is definitely different/strange – half maidservant and half free-woman and Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah is equivalent to Rabbi Akiva, but he said to Rabbi Yishmael: “I hold like you, that the Torah speaks in the language of humans, however, here, it is different, from that it is written (Leviticus 19:20): “or given her freedom,” [the phrase], ‘ but has not been redeemed,” what is the reason for it? Learn from it, that someone who is half a maidservant and half a free-woman. But the Halakha is according to Rabbi Akiva.

כל העריות – if one is an adult, the man or the woman, and the other is a minor, the minor is exempt but the adult is liable. But regarding a maidservant, it is not so, for if one is a minor, the adult also is exempt, for they are juxtaposed [in close context]/compared by analogy to each other (Leviticus 19:20): “there shall be an indemnity” and (verse 21): “But he must bring [to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting], as his reparation offering [to the LORD, a ram of reparation offering],” at the time when she is flogged, he brings a sacrifice, but [if] the woman is not flogged, the man does not bring a sacrifice.

אחד ער ואחד ישן ישן פטור – but the one who is awake is liable. But if the maidservant who has been designated [for another man] is awake, she is also exempt, for they have been compared by analogy/juxtaposed [by close context] to each other as we have stated.

שוגג בחטאת ומזיד בהכרת – and the maidservant who is a designated [to another man], if he acts willfully and she acts inadvertently, both of them are exempt, For since the woman is not flogged, the man does not bring a guilt-offering. But if he acted inadvertently and she acted willfully, she is flogged and he brings a guilt-offering.