Commentary for Bava Kamma 179:9

אמר רבא מ"ט דרבי אליעזר אמר קרא (שמות כא, כא) כי כספו הוא כספו המיוחד לו

would be subject to the law of "a day or two"9 because the slave was still "under" him,' his view being that the right to a usufruct in the slave amounts in law to a right to the very substance of him. 'R. Judah on the other hand says that it is the purchaser who would be subject to the law of "a day or two"10 because the slave was "his money",' his view being that a right to a usufruct in the slave does not amount in law to a right to the very substance of him. 'But R. Jose says that both of them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the vendor and the purchaser. ');">¹¹</span>

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