Commentary for Kiddushin 15:8

אמר רב יוסף מנא אמינא לה דתניא עגל זה לפדיון בני טלית זה לפדיון בני לא אמר כלום עגל זה בחמש סלעים לפדיון בני טלית זו בחמש סלעים לפדיון בני בנו פדוי

Barter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whatever is given for a slave, be it money or property, must be given as money. Produce and utensils too can be given under that designation, but not in the nature of barter, in exchange for the slave: for barter can acquire only movables, whereas human beings rank as real estate.');">⁷</span> But according to R'Nahman, who ruled: produce cannot effect a barter,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An article must be given, but not produce.');">⁸</span>

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