Commentary for Kiddushin 35:13
ומפדין אותה בעל כרחו : סבר רבא למימר בעל כרחיה דאדון א"ל אביי מאי ניהו דכתבנא ליה שטרא אדמיה אמאי נקיט מרגניתא בידיה יהיבנא ליה חספא
R'Eliez said: If his theft corresponded to his purchase price,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being neither more nor less.');"><sup>15</sup></span> he is sold; if not, he is not sold.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Rava assumes that when the mishnah teaches that he may redeem her against “his will”—“his” means the master. Abbaye reads this to mean that if she does not have the money to redeem herself, we can write an IOU document for her value and give it to her owner and force her to be freed. But why should we have this right? The master currently now owns a “pearl”—the slave. Why should we be able to force him to take a worthless shard (the document)?
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