LEV1088 [What is the intent of: "You shall not rule over him?"] Do not tell him: "Heat up this cup for me," if you have no need of it; "Dig under this grape-vine until I come." And lest you say: "I really do need it," such things are relegated to the heart [i.e., of what one knows to be true in his heart]; and of all things that are relegated to the heart, it is written: "And you shall fear your God" [who probes the heart] (Torath Cohanim)

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LEV1096 "And if the hand of a stranger and sojourner attain with you." What caused his growing rich? His attachment to you. "And your brother grow poor with him." What caused his growing poor? His attachment to him (Torath Cohanim)

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LEV1098 R. Akiva expounded: Whence is it derived that it is forbidden to steal from idolaters? From: "After he is sold [to the idolator], redemption [that is, monetary redemption,] shall there be for him" -- he may not be seized from the gentile (Bava Kamma 113b)

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LEV1099 by any man [i.e., It is a mitzvah for any Jew to redeem him, not only a relative] (Torah Cohanim)

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LEV1100 What is the intent of: "And he shall reckon with his buyer"? He shall be exact with his buyer (Bava Kamma 113b)

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LEV1102 It was taught: R. Yochanan b. Zakkai expounded: Why was the ear singled out from all the other organs of the body [as a sign of life-long servitude]? The Holy One Blessed be He said [as it were]: "The ear that heard on Mount Sinai: 'For to Me are the children of Israel servants' -- and not servants to servants--and this one went and acquired a master for himself; let his ear be bored!" (Kiddushin 22b)

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LEV1104 Rav said: A worker may give up his job even in the middle of the [working] day; for it is written: 'For to Me are the children of Israel servants' -- and not servants to servants (Bava Kamma 116b)

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LEV1108 The Rabbis taught: "If in My statutes you walk"--"If" is a term of imploration [i.e., "Would that"], as in (Psalms 81:14): "Would that My people would hearken to Me; I would humble their enemies," and (Isaiah 48:18), "Would that you had hearkened to My mitzvoth; then your peace would have been as a river" (Avodah Zarah 5a)

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LEV1111 It was taught: "If in My statutes you walk" -- these are the mitzvoth. But it is written: "and My mitzvoth you keep, to do them" -- Mitzvoth are already stated! How, then, am I to understand: "If in My statutes you walk"? That you must labor in Torah (Torath Cohanim).

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LEV1127 It was taught: Because of the sin of idolatry, exile comes into the world. The Jews are exiled, and others come and sit in their place, as it is written: "And I will cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols," followed by: "and I will make desolate your sanctuaries… and you will I scatter among the nations" (Shabbath 33a)

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