Commentary for Kiddushin 32:7
ה"נ מסתברא דקתני סיפא אי אתה יכול לומר ארבעה באחד מהם לפי שאין סימנים באיש ואין רציעה באשה ואם איתא באשה מיהא משכחת לה ארבעה שמע מינה
And if you answer: He teaches [only] that which is fixed, but not that which is not fixed - but what of 'signs', which are not fixed and which he nevertheless teaches? And if you reply: Here too it is as R'Safra - but there is the master's death, which is likewise not fixed, and yet taught? - The master's death too is not taught.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The four does not include the death of the master. This can be shown by the end of the mishnah—for if the mishnah had meant to include this, there would be four ways for a female slave to go free.
Thus the mishnah omitted two ways of going free—death of the father and death of the master, and we have, for the time being, resolved the difficulty raised by R. Sheshet on Resh Lakish.
Thus the mishnah omitted two ways of going free—death of the father and death of the master, and we have, for the time being, resolved the difficulty raised by R. Sheshet on Resh Lakish.
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