Commentary for Kiddushin 31:3
הניחא למ"ד שטר אמה העבריה אדון כותבו אלא למ"ד אב כותבו מאי איכא למימר דאיתמר שטר אמה העבריה מי כותבו רב הונא אמר אדון כותבו רב חסדא אמר אב כותבו הניחא לרב הונא אלא לרב חסדא מאי איכא למימר
Now, that is well on the view that the deed of a Hebrew bondmaid is written by her master;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he who acquires her, just as the husband writes the deed to acquire his wife.');"><sup>4</sup></span> but on the view that her father writes it, what can be said? For it has been stated: As to the deed of a Hebrew bondmaid, who writes it?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
When a woman is married, the husband, the one making the acquisition, writes the document. If the master writes the document to acquire the female slave, then the analogy makes sense. But according to R. Hisda, the father who is selling his daughter into slavery writes the document. This means that they are not analogous—in marriage the acquirer writes, and in slavery the seller writes.
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