Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 41:9

בעא מיניה רב הונא בר חיננא מרב ששת המוכר בית בבתי ערי חומה נגאל לקרובים או אין נגאל לקרובים גאולתו גאולתו משדה אחוזה גמר מה שדה אחוזה אינה נגאלת לחצאין ונגאלת לקרובים אף האי נמי אין נגאל לחצאין ונגאל לקרובים

Do we learn the meaning of 'his redemption' from 'a field of possession':<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the quotations v. p. 96, n. 3.');"><sup>11</sup></span> just as 'a field of possession' cannot be half redeemed, yet can be redeemed by relations,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 25.');"><sup>12</sup></span> so this too cannot be half redeemed, yet can be redeemed by relations; or perhaps, 'redemption' is written only in reference to half,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And find sufficient for his redemption (Lev. XXV, 26) ; 'sufficient' shews that the whole must be redeemed.');"><sup>13</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

The midrash reads Leviticus 25:24 as teaching that relatives may redeem houses and Hebrew slaves. The assumption is that this refers to a house in a walled city.
The Talmud then rejects this and posits that it refers to a house sold in a village that does not have a wall.
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