Commentary for Bava Batra 300:3
שכיב מרע דתנן שכיב מרע שכתב כל נכסיו לאחרים ושייר קרקע כל שהוא מתנתו קיימת לא שייר קרקע כל שהוא אין מתנתו קיימת
that the freedom] certificate is not complete.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'cut'. In order that the slave may procure his freedom it is essential that the master should present him, with a writ 'of emancipation which definitely severs (cuts off) all connections and all relationships between master and slave. Where, however, the master reserves for himself in the writ something, whether in land or in movables, the separation between them effected by it is not complete. Furthermore, it may also be assumed that by that reservation the slave himself may have been intended. In other cases, however, R. Ashi maintains, it is possible, contrary to R. Nahman (Rashb.), or even R. Nahman would agree (R. Tam), that a slave is spoken of as 'land' or 'real estate'. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> Raba said in the name of R. Nahman: [In] five [cases] it is necessary<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'until'. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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