Commentary for Kiddushin 43:5
אמר מר אמר בתחילת שש ולא אמר בסוף שש אינו נרצע שנאמר לא אצא חפשי מאי איריא מלא אצא חפשי תיפוק ליה דבעינן (שמות כא, ה) אהבתי את אדוני את אשתי ואת בני וליכא
The Master said: 'If he declared [thus] at the beginning of the six[th year] but not at the end, he is not bored, for it is said: I will not go out free; [hence] he must say it when about to depart.' Why choose [to lear this] from 'I will not go out free': deduce it because we require [that he shall say].' I love my master, my wif and my children,' which is absent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The passage is now assumed to mean: if he declares thus at the beginning of the six years.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The verse “I will not go out free” is not the only indication that the slave must make his statement at the end of his servitude. We could also derive this from the verse, “I love my …wife and children” which he could not say at the very beginning of his servitude.
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