Commentary for Bava Batra 100:1

שניהם ישנן בדין יום או יומים זה מפני שהוא תחתיו וזה מפני שהוא כספו ומספקא ליה אי קנין פירות כקנין הגוף דמי אי לאו כקנין הגוף דמי וספק נפשות להקל

that the rule of one or two days applies to both of them, to the original owner because the slave is still "under" him, and to the purchaser because he is "his money".' R. Jose is uncertain whether possession of the increment is on a par with possession of the principal or not, and where there is a doubt whether capital punishment should be inflicted the more lenient view is always taken.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., where the question is whether the man who smote the slave shall be condemned to death. ');">¹</span>

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