Commentary for Kiddushin 40:8
גאולתו (ויקרא כה, כו) גאולתו משדה אחוזה גמר מה שדה אחוזה אינו נגאל לחצאין אף האי נמי אינו נגאל לחצאין או דילמא לקולא אמרינן לחומרא לא אמרינן
R'Huna B'Hinena asked R'Shesheth: Can a Hebrew slave sold to a heathen be half redeemed, or can he not be half redeemed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Can he repay half his redemption money and serve only half the remainder of his term?');"><sup>11</sup></span> Do we learn the meaning of 'his redemption', from a field of possession:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An ancestral field. Here: he shall give back the price of his redemption-Lev. XXV, 52, 'field of possession': and find sufficient for his redemption - ibid. 26.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
When it comes to redeeming one’s ancestral field (Leviticus 25:26), the field must be redeemed in its entirety. So the question is whether the same laws apply to redeeming the slave sold to a non-Jew.
R. Sheshet answers by using another comparison. A Jew can be sold only in his entirety. He cannot be half sold. So too, he cannot be half redeemed.
R. Sheshet answers by using another comparison. A Jew can be sold only in his entirety. He cannot be half sold. So too, he cannot be half redeemed.
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