Commentary for Kiddushin 43:3
ת"ר (שמות כא, ה) אם אמר יאמר עד שיאמר וישנה אמר בתחילת שש ולא אמר בסוף שש אינו נרצע שנאמר (שמות כא, ה) לא אצא חפשי עד שיאמר בשעת יציאה
Our Rabbis taught: But if the servant shall plainly say;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 5: 'plainly' is expressed in Hebrew by the doubling of the verb.');"><sup>6</sup></span> he must say and reiterate [it]. If he declares [thus at the beginning of the sixth year.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The baraita teaches that the slave must twice make the declaration that he wants to remain a slave—at the beginning of his term of servitude and at the end. We will see below how later rabbis interpret this. It seems somewhat absurd that the slave should have to make this statement at the beginning of his term of servitude.
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