Commentary for Kiddushin 35:3
ורב חייא בר אבין מאי טעמא לא אמר כרבא מי כתיב (ויקרא כה, נ) וחשב עם קונהו ולא עם יורשי קונהו
Now, R'Hiyya B'Abin, why does he not agree with Raba? - Is it then written: 'And he shall reckon with his purchaser' but not with his purchaser's heirs! And Raba, why does he not agree with R'Hiyya B'Abin? - There it is different, [it being] on account of Abraham's honour.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For that reason the descendants of Lot, Abraham's nephew, were given the privilege of inheritance.');"><sup>5</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: A Hebrew bondman has features which a Hebrew bondwoman lacks, and there are features in a Hebrew bondwoman which a Hebrew bondman lacks.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Rava proved that a Gentile inherits from his father from the verse in Leviticus—and he shall reckon with his purchasers, and not his inheritors, proving that a Gentile has inheritors. R. Hiyya b. Abin did not use this verse because the words “and not with his inheritors” are not in the Torah.
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