Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nashim/Tractate Kiddushin/Chapter 3/14

Note
In many editions of the Mishnah, this text is given as mishnah 13.

Hebrew Text

 * רבי טרפון אומר:
 * יכולין הם ממזרים ליטהר.
 * כיצד?
 * ממזר שנשא שפחה, הוולד עבד;
 * שחררו, נמצא הבן בן חורין.
 * רבי אליעזר אומר,
 * הרי זה עבד וממזר.

English Translation

 * Rabbi Tarfon says:
 * Mamzers can be purified [from their status].
 * How is this?
 * A mamzer who married a (non-Jewish) maidservant, the child is a (non-Jewish) servant.
 * If they were freed, the son becomes a free [ordinary Jew].
 * Rabbi Eliezer says:
 * This [child] is a mamzer slave.



Explanation
משנה קידושין ג יד