Commentary for Kiddushin 31:13
אלא שיחרור שטר למה לי לימא ליה באפי תרי זיל א"נ באפי בי דינא זיל אמר רבא זאת אומרת עבד עברי גופו קנוי והרב שמחל על גרעונו אין גרעונו מחול :
A Tanna taught: And he may acquire himself by money, its equivalent, and by deed. Now, as for money, 'tis well, for it is written, [he shall give back the price of his redemption] out of the money he was bought for.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 51.');"><sup>25</sup></span> As for its equivalent too - Scripture wrote, 'he shall give back the price of his redemption,' to include the equivalent of money as being equal to money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He shall return implies that a return may be made in any way desired.');"><sup>26</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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