Commentary for Kiddushin 37:11
מכאן א"ר יוסי ברבי יהודה אם יש שהות ביום כדי לעשות עמו שוה פרוטה מקודשת ואם לאו אינה מקודשת אלמא קסבר מעות הראשונות לאו לקידושין ניתנו
For Abaye son of R'Abbahu<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The name occurs nowhere else. MS.M. has 'Abimi' in the place of 'Abaye']. vgshk vsghk');"><sup>13</sup></span> recited: [If she please not her master,] who hath not espoused her [ye'adah]: this teaches that he must inform her [that he intends to designate her.]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Connecting ye'adah with de'ah, knowledge, information. [MS.M. reads: instead of cf. cur. edd.]');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Talmud has mentioned R. Yose son of R. Yehudah’s opinion several times. It now explains what that opinion is. The Torah says that if the master does not designate her, then she can be redeemed. Redeeming means paying back the value of the time she has not yet served. By implication, he cannot designate her unless there is time left in her service for her to work the value of a perutah. R. Yose son of R. Yehudah reads the Torah as if it says that the master betroths (designates) her with the value of the work she has left to perform. Forgiving her from having to do the work is the kiddushin money. Hence, he must in general posit that when the master buys the slave, this does not count as kiddushin money.
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