Commentary for Kiddushin 45:3
וקונה את עצמו בכסף כו': בכסף ע"י אחרים אין אבל לא על ידי עצמו במאי עסקינן אילימא שלא מדעתו מכדי שמענא ליה לר' מאיר דאמר חוב הוא לעבד שיצא מיד רבו לחירות ותנינא זכין לאדם שלא בפניו ואין חבין לו אלא בפניו
AND REACQUIRES HIMSELF BY MONEY etc. BY MONEY ONLY THROUGH THE AGENCY OF OTHERS, but not through his own. What are the circumstances?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
According to R. Meir, others may buy the slave’s freedom—they may pay to set him free. So the question is what are the circumstances? The first possibility is that the slave has not consented to be set free. But this should not work for R. Meir holds that it is not to the slave’s advantage to go free. And we also know that a person cannot cause disadvantage to another without his consent. Therefore this cannot refer to a case where the slave has not consented to be set free.
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