Commentary for Kiddushin 40:5
ואימא הכי קאמר היכא דעבד תרי ופש ליה ד' ניתיב ליה ד' מכסף מקנתו עבד ד' ופשו ליה תרתי ניתיב תרתי כפי שניו
- If so, Scripture should write, If there be yet many years [shanim]. If there remain but few years [shanim]: why 'in years' [ba-shanim]?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The final difficulty is why not read the verses according to their simple meaning—the amount he pays to redeem himself accords with how many years he works. This is clearly the original meaning of the verses.
The rabbis tease out the extra midrashic reading from the prefix “ב.” The prefix seems to them to be extraneous and thus allows them to find extra meaning in the verse, one which accords with the midrash that we learned yesterday.
The rabbis tease out the extra midrashic reading from the prefix “ב.” The prefix seems to them to be extraneous and thus allows them to find extra meaning in the verse, one which accords with the midrash that we learned yesterday.
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