Commentary for Kiddushin 31:2
ובשטר : מנלן אמר עולא אמר קרא (שמות כא, י) אם אחרת יקח לו הקישה הכתוב לאחרת מה אחרת מקניא בשטר אף אמה העבריה מקניא בשטר
AND BY DEED. Whence do we know it? - Said 'Ulla, Scripture saith, If he take him another [wife]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 10; i.e., in addition to the Hebrew bondmaid.');"><sup>3</sup></span> thus the Writ assimilated her [the Hebrew bondmaid] to another [wife]: just as the other [sc. the wife] is acquired by deed, so is a Hebrew maidservant acquired by deed.
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