Commentary for Kiddushin 45:13
וכי תימא מאי ע"י אחרים אף ע"י אחרים והא קמ"ל דזכות הוא לעבד שיצא מיד רבו לחירות אי הכי נערבינהו וניתנינהו בכסף ובשטר בין ע"י אחרים בין על ידי עצמו
Why? Granted that it is without his knowledge, yet consider: we know that the Rabbis hold that it is to his advantage to go out from his master's authority to liberty, and we learnt You may obtain a privilege for a person in his absence, but can act to his disadvantage only in his presence.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
If we try to solve this last problem by positing that the slave can be redeemed even when others accept the document on his behalf, and also when he accepts the document, and that this mishnah teaches that it is to the slave’s advantage to go free (and thus others can receive his document), then we encounter the problem that both clauses say the same thing. So why teach them as independent clauses?
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