Commentary for Kiddushin 43:6
ותו אמר בסוף שש ולא אמר בתחילת שש אינו נרצע שנאמר העבד אטו סוף שש לאו עבד הוא אמר רבא מאי בתחילת שש בתחילת פרוטה אחרונה ומאי בסוף שש בסוף פרוטה אחרונה:
Furthermore, 'if he says it at the end of the six[th year], but not at the beginning, he is not bored, for it is said. "the slave"': is he then not a slave at the end of the sixth year?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., on the last day of his term.');"><sup>8</sup></span> - Said Raba: [It means,] At the beginning of the last perutah['s worth of service], and at the end thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When there is no longer left for him a perutah's worth of labour to perform, he is no longer regarded as slave.');"><sup>9</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: If he has a wife and children, but his master has no wife and children, he may not be bored, for it is said, because he loveth thee and thine house.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XV, 26; 'thine house'= household, i.e., a wife and children.');"><sup>10</sup></span>