Commentary for Kiddushin 31:12
בשלמא כסף דכתיב (ויקרא כה, נא) מכסף מקנתו שוה כסף נמי (ויקרא כה, נא) ישיב גאולתו אמר רחמנא לרבות שוה כסף ככסף אלא האי שטר ה"ד אילימא דכתב ליה שטרא אדמיה היינו כסף
AND BY DEDUCTION FROM THE PURCHASE PRICE. Hezekiah said: Because Scripture saith, Then shall he let her be redeemed:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 8.');"><sup>23</sup></span> this teaches that she makes a deduction from her redemption money and goes out [free].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 60, n. 1, and the same applies to a bondman.');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
A baraita teaches that a slave goes free either by money, money’s equivalent or a document. The first two are easy to understand and are anchored in the verse. But what about the document? What kind of a document is this? If it is just an IOU, then it is equivalent to money. And seemingly it should not be a document of manumission, because we would think that a slave does not really need a document of manumission. It should be enough that the master simply tells him to go free.
This leads Rava to say that the slave actually belongs bodily to his master and cannot go free without a document of manumission. An oral declaration is not enough.
This leads Rava to say that the slave actually belongs bodily to his master and cannot go free without a document of manumission. An oral declaration is not enough.
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