Commentary for Kiddushin 30:7
אלא בהאי קרא קמיפלגי (ויקרא כה, מט) או דודו או בן דודו יגאלנו זה גאולת קרובים (ויקרא כה, מט) או השיגה ידו זה גאולת עצמו ונגאל זו גאולת אחרים
R'Akiba said: If 'by these',it is for servitude: if by strangers, it is for freedom. What is the r of R'Jose the Galilean? - Scripture saith, 'And if he be not redeemed by these' - but by a stranger - 'then he shall go out in the year of jubilee'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And until then he is the stranger's slave.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Talmud now offers a different reason for their dispute, which is anchored in the words of the verse. There are three forms of redemption alluded to in the verse—by relatives, by oneself, by strangers. Rabbi Yose Hagalili says that redemption by oneself teaches something about what appears before—redemption by relatives. Just as self-redemption is (obviously) for freedom, so is redemption by relatives. R. Akiva says that the verse teaches about that which follows. Just as redemption by oneself leads to freedom, so does redemption by others.
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