Commentary for Kiddushin 33:11
ונילף נתינה נתינה מערכין מה להלן חמשים אף כאן חמשים
moreover, one should rather deduce slave from slave. R'Simeon said: Fifty, as the fifty of 'arakin.' What is R'Simeon's reason? - He learns the meaning of 'giving' from 'arakin: just as there, fifty, so here too, fifty.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The word “giving” is also used in the context of evaluations of a person’s worth (Leviticus 27). But there are two reasons R. Judah prefers to learn from the context of killing a slave. First of all, there is a general principle according to which when there are two options, go with the smaller one. Essentially what this means in this context is that we know the master is liable for at least thirty, but we cannot be sure that he is liable for fifty. Thirty is a safe bet, fifty is not.
The second reason is obvious—better to learn from a similar context.
The second reason is obvious—better to learn from a similar context.
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