Halakhah for Keritot 2:5

אֵיזוֹ הִיא שִׁפְחָה. כֹּל שֶׁחֶצְיָהּ שִׁפְחָה וְחֶצְיָהּ בַּת חוֹרִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא יט), וְהָפְדֵּה לֹא נִפְדָּתָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, זוֹ הִיא שִׁפְחָה וַדָּאִית. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, כָּל הָעֲרָיוֹת מְפֹרָשׁוֹת, וּמַה שִּׁיּוּר, אֵין לָנוּ אֶלָּא שֶׁחֶצְיָהּ שִׁפְחָה וְחֶצְיָהּ בַּת חוֹרִין:

Who is a <i>Shifchah Charufah</i>? A woman who is half a slave and half free, as it is written: “And she has been redeemed and not redeemed” (Leviticus 19:20), these are the words of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Yishmael says: This [a <i>Shifchah Charufah</i>] is a full slave. Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah says: All forbidden unions are stated explicitly [in the Torah], and what remains? We have only [a case] of one who is half a slave and half free.

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