Commentary for Gittin 22:10
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> יתיב רב הונא ורב יצחק בר יוסף קמיה דר' ירמיה ויתיב ר' ירמיה וקא מנמנם ויתיב רב הונא וקאמר ש"מ מדרבנן התופס לבעל חוב קנה
THIS IS THE RULING OF R. MEIR. THE SAGES, HOWEVER, SAY THAT HE MAY COUNTERMAND IN THE CASE OF THE GET BUT NOT IN THAT OF THE WRIT OF EMANCIPATION, ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT A BENEFIT MAY BE CONFERRED ON A MAN IN HIS ABSENCE BUT A DISABILITY MAY BE IMPOSED ON HIM ONLY IN HIS PRESENCE; FOR IF HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAINTAIN HIS SLAVE HE IS NOT BOUND TO DO SO,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence emancipation involves no disability for the slave. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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