Commentary for Kiddushin 40:15
א"ל ממדרשו של ר"ש נשמע שלוה וגואל וגואל לחצאין דתניא (ויקרא כז, יט) אם גאל יגאל מלמד שלוה וגואל וגואל לחצאין
If you say, he can be half redeemed, he must pay him fifty and go out; but if you say that he cannot be half redeemed, then this hundred was a bailment in his [the master's] charge:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But actually belonging to the slave.');"><sup>22</sup></span> hence he [the slave] gives it to him and goes out [free].
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The answer will come from a midrash stated by R. Shimon below. The verse quoted here refers to one who consecrates his ancestral field. Such a person can borrow money in order to redeem it, and he can redeem half of it. This differs from one who sells his ancestral field, who can neither borrow to redeem it, nor redeem half.
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